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National Red Pashmina Walk 2025 – Peterborough

Join Right to Learn Afghanistan (formerly Canadian Women for Women in Afghanistan) and our chapters across Canada on May 4th in Peterborough for a National Red Pashmina Walk! What is a Red Pashmina Walk? A Red Pashmina Walk is a solidarity, awareness, and fundraising event that originated in Peterborough, Ontario in 2010. Members of the public participate in this

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Virtual Panel Session – Women’s Financial Inclusion: A Catalyst for Sustainable Development

Toronto Centre and CARE Canada are co-hosting a virtual panel session to mark Canada’s International Development Week. Closing the financial inclusion gender gap is essential for sustainable economic growth and stability. It empowers women socially and economically while strengthening financial systems. Safeguarding and accelerating the progress made over the past 15 years is critical to ensuring

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Locally led development/ Développement mené localement- How do we do it? / Comment s’y prendre?

International Development Week 2025- Locally Led Development- How do we do it? (French to follow below) Description: Join us for a lively discussion on the ins and outs of locally led development. The event will start off with a talk by Professor Maïka Sondarjee on locally led development and decolonization in the development sector. This

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IDW Reception and Film Screening of “The Legend of The Vagabond Queen of Lagos”

As part of International Development Week 2025, Cooperation Canada and IDRC are proud to present a reception and a screening of The Legend of the Vagabond Queen of Lagos, a powerful, thought-provoking film that offers a riveting critique of urban development and forced evictions in Africa’s largest city, Lagos. Directed by the Agbajowo Collective, this striking debut film

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Write for Rights 2024

Write for Rights 2024 is here!  It’s the world’s largest human rights event, marked each year on International Human Rights Day. We in the GTA will be joining Amnesty supporters in over 170 countries to support 9 individuals or groups (including one in Canada). They need massive pressure from us to protect them from the

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Film screening: Alam / The Flag

We are excited to launch the 17th Toronto Palestine Film Festival program with our most popular summer event – our annual Outdoor Souq & Screening 🎥 Come early and join us for Palestinian music🎶, food 😋, a marketplace and lots of community spirit before we watch Alam, The Flag directed by Firas Khoury at sunset✨✨

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