New from CWP: Leilani Farha, CWP’s Executive Director and UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Housing sheds light on the recent announcement by the federal government to undertake a nation-wide homeless count.
Can the old idea of “out of sight, out of mind” explain away the plight of homeless people around the world? Leilani Farha, CWP’s Executive Director and UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Housing, argues that the all-too-common answer is…
Last month, CWP ran a series of blogs and social media activities asking our community #WhyRights matter to them in ending poverty. We took their answers and created a “word cloud” — a visual representation of the ideas that were coming…
Today is International Human Rights Day 2015! To celebrate, we are continuing our blog series on #WhyRights matter – today we have a reflection from CWP Board Member Kate Mechan on why human rights are fundamental to changing the conversation about…
Happy Human Rights Day 2015! This week, we asked the question #WhyRights in the pursuit to end poverty? We heard answers from people across the country and put them all together in the word cloud below! To get a closer…
Tomorrow marks International Human Rights Day, a chance for those passionate about rights to celebrate their work in the pursuit to end poverty in Canada. To celebrate, CWP has created our #WhyRights blog series where guest authors explore the reasons…
This week, to celebrate Human Rights Day 2015, we’re hearing from people across the country on #WhyRights matter to them. In today’s piece, James Armbruster, CWP’s Communications and Development Coordinator, explores what rights should mean to our federal government.
#WhyRights in the pursuit to end poverty in Canada? CWP board member, Laura Cattari, continues our blog series with her perspective on rights as a person with lived experience of poverty. Check it out here.
Next Thursday, on Human Rights Day 2015, communities across the world will launch a year-long international campaign celebrating the 50th anniversary of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.
Almost 1.4 million children (approximately 1 in 5) are living in poverty in Canada. Last week, as our colleagues at Campaign 2000 released their 2015 Report Card on Child and Family Poverty in Canada, people across the country were struck…
What does the arrival of 25,000 Syrian refugees mean for those already experiencing poverty in Canada? We think that it means a real opportunity for long term social policy change for those living in poverty.
Over the past week CWP has been celebrating the news from Prime Minister Trudeau – after years of pushing the government to take action, Canada will have a national anti-poverty plan. This news is very encouraging, although there is a…