Gender Rights

7 Minutes

Canada Women and Gender

Unions and community stand united against New Brunswick government attacks on 2S/LGBTiQ+ rights

PV July 31, 2023

Blaine Higgs’ revisions to Policy 713 are a dog whistle to the far right across Canada By June Patterson New Brunswick’s Conservative Premier Blaine Higgs and Education Minister Bill Hogan have drawn international attention...

8 Minutes

Women and Gender World

Tudeh Party: Another bloody November in Iran as popular uprising expands against ruling theocratic dictatorship

PV December 8, 2022

The chants of “Death to the Supreme Leader” and “Death to Khamenei” which have been heard across Iran in recent weeks should undoubtedly be reminiscent of the cries of “Death to the Shah” that...

6 Minutes

Women and Gender World

Protests in Iran – regime change must come from the people

PV October 3, 2022

By Jane Green The grip of the theocratic dictatorship which has been in place in Iran since the early 1980s has been tested several times but none more so than in the past week, following...

2 Minutes

Women and Gender World

Call to renew UN mandate for 2S/LGTBIQ+ rights

PV Editor June 9, 2022

By PV staff The Universal Declaration of Human Rights states that all human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights, without distinction of any kind. Yet in all regions of the...