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Equal Voice UBC

@equalvoiceubc

Equal Voice UBC is a chapter of Equal Voice, a national multi-partisan non-profit organization dedicated to women’s representation in Canadian politics.

 University of British Columbia
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Joined August 2015
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BC Legislature@BCLegislature8 Mar 2019
On #InternationalWomensDay, we recognize and celebrate the strong women of #BCLeg –past, present and future generations of women leaders who serve to our province #BCpoli #WomenInPolitics #IWD2019
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Huge thank you to the @BCLegislature for hosting us. Our delegates had a great day learning more about being a woman in politics!
BC Legislature (@BCLegislature) profile pictureBC Legislature@BCLegislature21 Feb 2019
Always a pleasure to host @equalvoiceBC events at #BCLeg to promote #WomenInPolitics! #BCpoli
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We are proud to announce our collaboration with @SaintsBC, a Vancouver-based boys school, on a talk about representation, meritocracy, intersectionality, and more. We will be sharing clips of the event as it happens. Make sure to check back in!
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“I am not free while any woman is unfree, even when her shackles are very different from my own.” - Audre Lorde #WomensMarch2019
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Equal Voice@EqualVoiceCA22 Nov 2018
‼️IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT‼️ The deadline for Daughters of the Vote applications has been moved to JAN 6, 2019!!!
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On Oct 30, join EV for a roundtable w/ some spectacular female-identifying UBC leaders! Learn about campus politics/advocacy, from women representing a diverse selection of fields @UBC ft. the Pres of @AMS_UBC, head of @Ubyssey, VP @UBCEngineers & more! facebook.com/events/27885325…

Female Leaders of UBC

Causes event by AMS Equal Voice UBC on Tuesday, October 30 2018 with 225 people interested and 49 people going. 11 posts in the discussion.

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We’re so excited for another Daughters of the Vote this spring! Applications open Oct. 10th #cdnpoli #bcpoli #addwomenchangepolitics
Elizabeth May (@ElizabethMay) profile pictureElizabeth May@ElizabethMay4 Oct 2018
Yesterday, I was thrilled to join @EqualVoiceCA as they re-launched their amazing Daughters of the Vote initiative. I can't wait to meet these incredible young women when they come to Ottawa in the spring. Find out more at daughtersofthevote.ca. #DOTV #MakeAnImpact #cndpoli
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#WorldWednesday: On the heels of the Men's World Cup, read more about a Zanzibari women's soccer league, fighting for their equal chance to play. ⚽️👊nytimes.com/2018/07/14/sport…

These Women Were Told Not to Play Soccer. Instead They Formed a Team. (Published 2018)

Away from the lights of the World Cup, on the African archipelago of Zanzibar, a group of Muslim women are challenging a culture that says only men can play soccer.

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Today on #FeministFriday: a quote from the incomparable Audre Lorde about the importance of intersectionality.
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Madeline Lalonde@MadiLalonde29 Mar 2017
Was great talking to passionate young people about getting involved in politics. Thank you to @equalvoiceubc for letting me share my story
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CBC Indigenous@CBCIndigenous15 Jan 2017
Memorial honouring missing and murdered Indigenous women opens ift.tt/2jkD4gc
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Equal Voice UBC at the Women's March on Saturday! A very moving occasion - let's all remember to keep our feminisms intersectional
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Rick Zedník@RickZednik8 Jan 2017
Women just 19.4% of new #USCongress, behind 98 other countries. @emilycrockett on #WomenInPolitics for @voxdotcom vox.com/identities/2017/1/3/…
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#Breaking Viola Desmond, civil-rights pioneer, to be featured on Canada’s new $10 bill trib.al/RAP135c
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Rest in peace, Gwen Ifill - thank you for gracing the public with your courage, humanity and your brilliant political journalism
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@esmahanyyc13 Nov 2016
Sexual assault is not a joke. teapawt.net/NYDailyNews/status/797…
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@NYDailyNews12 Nov 2016
Nigel Farage, Trump’s biggest British supporter, jokingly warns him not to grope the U.K.’s female Prime Minister nydn.us/2fKZDG0
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Katie Telford@telfordk13 Nov 2016
Tackling gender inequality 'could add £10tn to world economy' theguardian.com/business/201… @guardian @PattyHajdu
Tackling gender inequality 'could add £10tn to world economy'

Tackling gender inequality 'could add £10tn to world economy'

UBS report says governments need to change how companies behave and remove barriers that prevent women rising to top

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@ajplus13 Nov 2016
Here are 5 women to watch in politics right now:
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Great turnout at Victory Square @GlobalBC
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Let's not forget our courageous First Nations soldiers who have served this country. #RememberThem teapawt.net/perrybellegarde/status…
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@perrybellegarde11 Nov 2016
Today, we stand on the shoulders of 10,000 First Nations warriors who’ve served since 1812. #RemembranceDay
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