https://cius-archives.ca/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Women&output=atom2024-03-28T19:30:40-06:00Omekahttps://cius-archives.ca/items/show/2160The Trafficking of Women in Ukraine: Government and Non-Government Responses
In this recording, Olena Hankivsky (Simon Fraser University), talks about the book "Gender, Politics, and Society in Ukraine". Dr. Hankivsky is the editor of this book published by University of Toronto Press with support from CIUS.
In this recording, Olena Hankivsky (Simon Fraser University), talks about the book "Gender, Politics, and Society in Ukraine". Dr. Hankivsky is the editor of this book published by University of Toronto Press with support from CIUS.
]]>https://cius-archives.ca/items/show/2159The Trafficking of Women in Ukraine: Government and Non-Government Responses
In this recording, the audience asks question to panelists Linda Duncan (MP Edmonton-Strathcona), Olena Hankivsky (Simon Fraser University), and Tymofiy Hawrysh (Maple Leaf Alberta Project, Edmonton) following their presentations on the theme: “The Search for Effective Solutions”.
In this recording, the audience asks question to panelists Linda Duncan (MP Edmonton-Strathcona), Olena Hankivsky (Simon Fraser University), and Tymofiy Hawrysh (Maple Leaf Alberta Project, Edmonton) following their presentations on the theme: “The Search for Effective Solutions”.
]]>https://cius-archives.ca/items/show/2154The Trafficking of Women in Ukraine: Government and Non-Government Responses
In this recording, Siobhan Byrne (Assistant Professor, Political Science, U of A) begins with a brief commentary following the presentation given by John Winterdyk (Mount Royal University) and Julie Kaye (Ambrose University College, Calgary) on the topic: “Beyond Criminal Justice: Responding to Human Trafficking in Canada”
After Dr. Byrne's commentary, there is an open question period at 7:35 in the audio recording.
In this recording, Siobhan Byrne (Assistant Professor, Political Science, U of A) begins with a brief commentary following the presentation given by John Winterdyk (Mount Royal University) and Julie Kaye (Ambrose University College, Calgary) on the topic: “Beyond Criminal Justice: Responding to Human Trafficking in Canada”
After Dr. Byrne's commentary, there is an open question period at 7:35 in the audio recording.
]]>https://cius-archives.ca/items/show/2153The Trafficking of Women in Ukraine: Government and Non-Government Responses
In this recording, John Winterdyk (Mount Royal University) and Julie Kaye (Ambrose University College, Calgary) give a presentation on the topic: “Beyond Criminal Justice: Responding to Human Trafficking in Canada”
In this recording, John Winterdyk (Mount Royal University) and Julie Kaye (Ambrose University College, Calgary) give a presentation on the topic: “Beyond Criminal Justice: Responding to Human Trafficking in Canada”
Co-organized by CIUS and the Ukrainian Professional and Business Club of Edmonton, the forty-seventh Shevchenko lecture at the University of Alberta was given by Kateryna Levchenko, who spoke on “Indifference to the Violation of Women’s Rights in Ukraine as a Social Problem” (21 March 2013). Dr. Levchenko is widely recognized as a strong advocate of women’s rights in Ukraine and is also known internationally for her work on the crime of trafficking in human beings, especially women and children.
Dr. Levchenko emphasized that an important aspect of modernization is the guarantee of effective civil, political, and economic rights for women. According to analysts at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Ukraine currently ranks sixty-third among seventy-five countries in the so-called global gender gap. Women’s rights in Ukraine are violated in a variety of ways. Salaries for men doing work of the same value as women remain 25 per cent higher. In the political sphere, women’s representation in the higher tiers of power remains low. Domestic violence in Ukraine continues to grow at an alarming rate.
Dr. Levchenko concluded with the substantial gains that have been made in Ukraine over the last few years with regard to women’s rights. These include the formation of an Expert Council, of which Dr. Levchenko is a member. Established in 2009, it considers appeals regarding discrimination and prepares recommendations for the Ministry of Social Policy to counteract detected violations. La Strada-Ukraine has initiated the documentation of gender discrimination in educational, cultural, and media spheres and partnered with NGOs and specialists in the Ministry of Social Policy to monitor special agencies and institutions that assist victims of family violence. The process of women’s emancipation has also inspired well-known Ukrainian celebrities, from sports figures to movie stars, Kateryna Levchenko to participate in campaigns against domestic violence and sexual exploitation.
Co-organized by CIUS and the Ukrainian Professional and Business Club of Edmonton, the forty-seventh Shevchenko lecture at the University of Alberta was given by Kateryna Levchenko, who spoke on “Indifference to the Violation of Women’s Rights in Ukraine as a Social Problem” (21 March 2013). Dr. Levchenko is widely recognized as a strong advocate of women’s rights in Ukraine and is also known internationally for her work on the crime of trafficking in human beings, especially women and children.
Dr. Levchenko emphasized that an important aspect of modernization is the guarantee of effective civil, political, and economic rights for women. According to analysts at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Ukraine currently ranks sixty-third among seventy-five countries in the so-called global gender gap. Women’s rights in Ukraine are violated in a variety of ways. Salaries for men doing work of the same value as women remain 25 per cent higher. In the political sphere, women’s representation in the higher tiers of power remains low. Domestic violence in Ukraine continues to grow at an alarming rate.
Dr. Levchenko concluded with the substantial gains that have been made in Ukraine over the last few years with regard to women’s rights. These include the formation of an Expert Council, of which Dr. Levchenko is a member. Established in 2009, it considers appeals regarding discrimination and prepares recommendations for the Ministry of Social Policy to counteract detected violations. La Strada-Ukraine has initiated the documentation of gender discrimination in educational, cultural, and media spheres and partnered with NGOs and specialists in the Ministry of Social Policy to monitor special agencies and institutions that assist victims of family violence. The process of women’s emancipation has also inspired well-known Ukrainian celebrities, from sports figures to movie stars, Kateryna Levchenko to participate in campaigns against domestic violence and sexual exploitation.
]]>https://cius-archives.ca/items/show/2087 On January 28, 2011, Tetyana Dzyadevych (Department of Literature and Foreign Languages, Kyiv Mohyla Academy National University), gave a seminar on the topic: “World War II through Women’s Personal Narration.”
On January 28, 2011, Tetyana Dzyadevych (Department of Literature and Foreign Languages, Kyiv Mohyla Academy National University), gave a seminar on the topic: “World War II through Women’s Personal Narration.”
]]>https://cius-archives.ca/items/show/2083 On March 19, 2010, Oksana Kis (Columbia University and Institute Natalya Tsymbal of Ethnology. National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine), gave a seminar presentation on the topic: “National Mainstreaming: Major Trends in Women’s History in Ukraine since 1991.”
On March 19, 2010, Oksana Kis (Columbia University and Institute Natalya Tsymbal of Ethnology. National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine), gave a seminar presentation on the topic: “National Mainstreaming: Major Trends in Women’s History in Ukraine since 1991.”
]]>https://cius-archives.ca/items/show/2041 On 6-8 September 1991, CIUS marked the Ukrainian Canadian centenary with a conference on selected aspects of Ukrainian life in Canada in the years between 1924 and 1951. Coinciding with the release of Orest Martynowych's landmark monograph, Ukrainians in Canada: The Formative Years, 1891-1924, the conference was designed as a first step toward creating a research base for writing the interwar history of Ukrainians in Canada. This period, in contrast to the well-studied pioneer immigration and prairie settlement experience, has received relatively little scholarly attention, despite it being so critical to both the crystallizing Ukrainian Canadian community and ongoing integration into Canadian life. Accordingly, it was CIUS’s plan to attract papers on as wide an array of topics as possible, avoiding broad generalities in favour of more limited but illuminating profiles and case studies.
In this recording Ph.D. student Alexandra Kruchka Glynn (University of Alberta) talks about the life of the writer and feminist, Vera Lysenko, growing up in North Winnipeg.
On 6-8 September 1991, CIUS marked the Ukrainian Canadian centenary with a conference on selected aspects of Ukrainian life in Canada in the years between 1924 and 1951. Coinciding with the release of Orest Martynowych's landmark monograph, Ukrainians in Canada: The Formative Years, 1891-1924, the conference was designed as a first step toward creating a research base for writing the interwar history of Ukrainians in Canada. This period, in contrast to the well-studied pioneer immigration and prairie settlement experience, has received relatively little scholarly attention, despite it being so critical to both the crystallizing Ukrainian Canadian community and ongoing integration into Canadian life. Accordingly, it was CIUS’s plan to attract papers on as wide an array of topics as possible, avoiding broad generalities in favour of more limited but illuminating profiles and case studies.
In this recording Ph.D. student Alexandra Kruchka Glynn (University of Alberta) talks about the life of the writer and feminist, Vera Lysenko, growing up in North Winnipeg.
]]>https://cius-archives.ca/items/show/1972 As a participant in the conference on the status of women in eastern Europe, Dr. Martha Bohachevsky-Chomiak gave an unscheduled Institute seminar on "Natalia Kobrynska: A Formulator of Feminism." The seminar took place on October 26, 1978.
Although Natalia Kobrynska is well known as a turn-of-the-centttry author of short stories, her role in the women’s emancipation movement is also significant. The speaker first briefly outlined Kobrynska’ s biography and discussed her evolution as a writer. Her leading role in the Ukrainian women’s movement was then examined. She was in the forefront of the movement for rural day care centers and communal kitchens; she also edited women's almanacs and organized women’s societies. In many respects, Kobrynska was far ahead of her time and consequently encountered much opposition from her conservative contemporaries.
As a participant in the conference on the status of women in eastern Europe, Dr. Martha Bohachevsky-Chomiak gave an unscheduled Institute seminar on "Natalia Kobrynska: A Formulator of Feminism." The seminar took place on October 26, 1978.
Although Natalia Kobrynska is well known as a turn-of-the-centttry author of short stories, her role in the women’s emancipation movement is also significant. The speaker first briefly outlined Kobrynska’ s biography and discussed her evolution as a writer. Her leading role in the Ukrainian women’s movement was then examined. She was in the forefront of the movement for rural day care centers and communal kitchens; she also edited women's almanacs and organized women’s societies. In many respects, Kobrynska was far ahead of her time and consequently encountered much opposition from her conservative contemporaries.
]]>https://cius-archives.ca/items/show/1895 Using census and statistical material from W. Darcovich and P. Yuzyk (eds.), "Statistical Compendium on Ukrainian Canadians, 1891-1977" and material from a survey of historical and sociological literature, the first seminar in the Institute's series at the University of Toronto provided a social and demographic framework for the study of Ukrainian-Canadian women. The paper entitled, "The Changing Status of Ukrainian-Canadian Women," outlined some basic social characteristics of Ukrainian-Canadian women from 1921 to 1971. The data examined included periods of immigration, regional distribution, urban-rural distribution, country of birth, and age distribution. The paper discussed the participation of Ukrainian- Canadian women in the paid work force, and particularly women's changing occupational patterns. / According to the 1971 census, the overwhelming majority of Ukrainian-Canadian women were Canadian-born and approximated the overall Canadian female urban-rural distribution. An approximation to Canadian norms was also found in occupational and educational patterns. In 1921, on the other hand, Ukrainian-Canadian women were grossly over represented in the educational category "illiterate" and the occupational categories "agriculture and service." In 1971, they were still slightly over represented in the category of those with only elementary education. In occupational categories Ukrainian-Canadian women were still slightly overrepresented in the service and agricultural categories. / The paper suggested that the patterns of occupational and educational change were primarily explained by socio-economic changes in society which affected the participation of all women in the work force. Factors such as the growth of the "clerical" as opposed to the "service" sector and the sex-segregation of jobs were discussed. Provisional explanations for the social patterns among Ukrainian-Canadian women discussed the role of ethnic discrimination, the specific historical experience of Ukrainian Canadians, and Ukrainian-Canadian socialization.
Using census and statistical material from W. Darcovich and P. Yuzyk (eds.), "Statistical Compendium on Ukrainian Canadians, 1891-1977" and material from a survey of historical and sociological literature, the first seminar in the Institute's series at the University of Toronto provided a social and demographic framework for the study of Ukrainian-Canadian women. The paper entitled, "The Changing Status of Ukrainian-Canadian Women," outlined some basic social characteristics of Ukrainian-Canadian women from 1921 to 1971. The data examined included periods of immigration, regional distribution, urban-rural distribution, country of birth, and age distribution. The paper discussed the participation of Ukrainian- Canadian women in the paid work force, and particularly women's changing occupational patterns. / According to the 1971 census, the overwhelming majority of Ukrainian-Canadian women were Canadian-born and approximated the overall Canadian female urban-rural distribution. An approximation to Canadian norms was also found in occupational and educational patterns. In 1921, on the other hand, Ukrainian-Canadian women were grossly over represented in the educational category "illiterate" and the occupational categories "agriculture and service." In 1971, they were still slightly over represented in the category of those with only elementary education. In occupational categories Ukrainian-Canadian women were still slightly overrepresented in the service and agricultural categories. / The paper suggested that the patterns of occupational and educational change were primarily explained by socio-economic changes in society which affected the participation of all women in the work force. Factors such as the growth of the "clerical" as opposed to the "service" sector and the sex-segregation of jobs were discussed. Provisional explanations for the social patterns among Ukrainian-Canadian women discussed the role of ethnic discrimination, the specific historical experience of Ukrainian Canadians, and Ukrainian-Canadian socialization.