Immigrant Women, Family Violence, and Pathways Out of Homelessness
There has been little investigation into the connections between family violence, immigration, and homelessness of women. Abused immigrant women and Canadian-born women face similar barriers to independent living; however, the migration process can present additional challenges for immigrant women. For abused immigrant women, homelessness is often cyclical and compounded by a range of factors; ability to speak English , knowledge of Canadian systems, cultural background, and family structure all profoundly affect the immigrant woman’s experience of the pathways into and out of homelessness. In order to prevent homelessness and to plan programs and policies for populations, theoretical models that address key solutions and acknowledge critical temporal factors are required.

Gender and Trade: A Policy Research Dialogue on Mainstreaming Gender into Trade Policies
On March 21, 2005, Status of Women Canada organized a workshop on gender and trade inviting the researchers, federal government policy makers and representatives of the civil society to a policy research dialogue. The proceedings of this policy research workshop are included in this report available on the SWC website.

2006 Gender Research Symposium
The Institute for Gender Research held its annual Gender Research Symposium on March 17, 2006. This presented the chance for faculty and graduate students to share gender-based research. This year's keynote speaker was Dr. Lewis Williams from the Prairie Region Health Promotion Research Centre, University of Saskatchewan, speaking on the topic of "Women’s self determination in an era of globalization: Eyeing gender relations through a power-culture lens." The following documents are available for viewing:

Public Consultation - Gender Equality
In the fall of 2005, Status of Women Canada (SWC) conducted a cross-country consultation process to obtain the views of Canadians on future directions for advancing equality for women in Canada. The process included an online questionnaire, which was available on the SWC Web site from September 9 to November 10, 2005. The Report on Status of Women Canada's On-Line Consultation on Gender Equality is available via the Gender Equality Consultation section of the SWC web site.

What Evidence Is There About The Effects Of Health Care Reforms On Gender Equity, Particularly In Health?
In most countries the pressure for health care reform is aimed at improving the efficiency, equity and effectiveness of the health sector. Emerging evidence shows that health care reforms can affect men and women differently, as a consequence of their different positions as users and producers of health care. This review assesses the impact of four key health care reforms - decentralization, financing, privatization and priority setting - on gender equity in health.

Gender, Health, and Development in the Americas: Basic Indicators 2005
Through this publication, PAHO seeks to provide government, civil society, academia, and other cooperation agencies with a set of basic statistical indicators that illustrate the differences between women and men in terms of health status and its socioeconomic determinants… The present edition includes a group of indicators that refer to conditions that exclusively or differentially affect women and men and are available in most countries. Also included are some internationally defined indicators for monitoring attainment of the MDGs, disaggregated by sex. Finally, graphs are presented for some indicators of priority gender and health issues for which information is available in only a limited number of countries. It is hoped that the evidence of gender inequality presented in this publication will facilitate an understanding of such disparities, the identification of information gaps, the formulation of initiatives aimed at eliminating inequities, and the creation of conditions that guarantee all people the exercise of their right to health.

Immigrant and Visible Minority Women in the Non-Profit Sector as Volunteers and Paid Workers
The goal of this research project was to document the nature and diversity of the workplace experiences of immigrant and visible minority women as volunteers and paid workers in the non-profit sector in Calgary, Alberta, Canada as a pilot study. Study results, participant recommendations, and conclusions are reported.

Women's Perspectives on Poverty
Over the past eighteen months, members of the Women and a Fair Income Working Group have met to plan and carry out a project with the goal of advocating for fair incomes for all people in Calgary and Alberta. Women who participated included university and community-based researchers many of whom were women living on low incomes. Over a three-month period, women took photographs to assist in describing and analyzing the impact of living on a low income. Together they reviewed the pictures they had taken, related the stories behind the images, analyzed their meaning, and created a powerful advocacy tool.

Before and After Saddam: Challenges Facing Women and Students in Iraq
Presentation by Dr Rajaa H. Khuzai at University of Calgary, November 8, 2004