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Press Release: Senator Ratna Omidvar and MP Ali Ehsassi Launch the Inter-Parliamentary Canadian Friendship Group for a Free Iran

Senator Ratna Omidvar and MP Ali Ehsassi December 14, 2022 gender-based violence, human rights, Iran, ViolenceAgainstWomen, women

Senator Ratna Omidvar and MP Ali Ehsassi have launched a Friendship Group to amplify the voices of Iranian women and girls who are protesting for their human rights.

We Can Help Iranian Women and Girls by Seizing the Assets of Corrupt Officials

Senator Ratna Omidvar The Globe and Mail October 18, 2022 corruption, frozen assets, Iran, refugees, women, World Refugee Council

In an op-ed in the Globe and Mail, Senator Omidvar urges the government to go beyond freezing the assets of sanctioned Iranian officials by confiscating and redirecting them to the victims of the regime.

Will Canada Confiscate Sanctioned Iranian Assets and Repurpose them to Help Victims of the Regime?

Senator Ratna Omidvar Senate of Canada October 7, 2022 corruption, Iran, Question Period, women

Senator Omidvar asked Senator Gold if Canada will confiscate sanctioned Iranian assets and repurpose them to help victims.

Press Release: Gender Parity in Canada’s Upper Chamber

Senator Frances Lankin Senate of Canada July 30, 2021 gender, Senate Modernization, women

Senator Lankin comments on the importance of maintaining gender parity in the Senate of Canada.

Q&A with Canadian Senator Ratna Omidvar: Refugee Women and Girls

Senator Ratna Omidvar World Refugee & Migration Council December 8, 2020 refugees, women, World Refugee Council

Senator Omidvar and the World Refugee & Migration Council discuss how the international community can better respond to the needs of refugee women and girls.

WATCH: The Importance of Women in the COVID-19 Response

Senator Ratna Omidvar Women Political Leaders and the World Bank May 15, 2020 covid19ubi, women

Senator Omidvar made a video with Women Political Leaders and the World Bank to highlight women's contributions during the pandemic.

SPEECH: Bill C-71, Amendments to the Firearms Act

Ratna Omidvar Senate of Canada November 8, 2018 Bill C-71, domestic violence, firearms, gender-based analysis, Toronto, women

"This Bill provides some reasonable measures that help strengthen our firearm laws in Canada. Extending background checks to include a person’s life history, not only the previous 5 years, is a reasonable approach."

Mehta Film wakes Canadians up to Violence Against Women

Ratna Omidvar Senate of Canada August 15, 2017 Deepa Mehta, gender-based violence, Senator Mobina Jaffer, women

Canada needs a “wake-up call” to the scourge of violence against women, say senators Ratna Omidvar and Mobina Jaffer.

Senators’ Statements: Visible Minority Women

Ratna Omidvar Senate of Canada May 4, 2017 Diversity, Statements, women

As the divide between men and women exists, so does the divide between minority men and minority women. Minority women earn even less than minority men, so there is a double-barrelled glass ceiling: first your gender and then your race.

Speech: Indigenous Women in Canadian Prisons

Ratna Omidvar Senate of Canada February 8, 2017 Chamber Speeches, indigenous, prisons, women

“I am no authority on the social roots of Indigenous incarceration. I do not pretend to know the horror that our colleague has witnessed. As deeply as her stories touch me, I am aware that I cannot know what separation from my children feels like. I cannot know the sounds and smells of a single segregation cell. Even fragments of these experiences are impossible to imagine. And yet these are just moments in a horrific journey that for some women lasts years, even decades.”