Press Releases

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New Brunswick Promises to Move Forward on Free Contraception While Nova Scotia Falls Behind
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Finally, equitable reproductive care may be possible for patients in the Antigonish-Guysborough Region
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Open Letter to Commissioner Anne Kelly, the Office of the Correctional Investigator, Public Safety Canada, Canadian Human Rights Commission, and Senator Kim Pate
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This World Contraception Day Wellness Within Repeats Call for Free Contraception
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Bringing Free Contraception Access to Nova Scotia
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Wellness Within Supports CPSBC's New Standard of Practice on Care for Incarcerated Patients
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Wellness Within Calls for Removal of Police from Mental Health Crisis Response Following Deaths in Custody
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Wellness Within Condemns NS Budget for Failure to Address Gender-Based Violence
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Manitoba Signs Federal Pharmacare Deal and Nova Scotia Should Too
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Gender-Based Violence & Contraception Access
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Intimate Partner Violence and Defunding the Police
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Nova Scotia Provincial Parties Respond to the Call For Universal Contraception
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Message of Solidarity: Surge of Intimate Partner Violence-Related Deaths in NS 
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Report Highlights Consequences of Rising Transfers of Incarcerated Women
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Wellness Within Repeats Call for Universal Contraception Coverage in NS After Passing of Bill C-64
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Wellness Within Stands with Indigenous Communities Amidst Rise in Killings by Police
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Wellness Within Pushes for Universal Coverage on World Contraception Day
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Wellness Within Rallies for Universal Pharmacare
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Wellness Within Calls for Access to Free Menstrual Products and Contraception in Prisons
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Wellness Within Calls for Removal of Minister Brad Johns Following Comments Dismissing Gender-Based Violence
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Wellness Within Condemns Proposed Changes to Alberta's Sex Ed Curriculum
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Wellness Within Welcomes NDP-Liberal Deal on Pharmacare Including Universal Contraception After Years of Advocacy
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Sexual Health Week: Wellness Within Calls to End Incarceration of Pregnant People
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Wellness Within Calls on NS Justice to Look at the Whole Picture: Bail Court an Insufficient Answer to Solve Backlogs
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Bell — Let Imprisoned People Talk
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Wellness Within Extends Support to the Faqiri Family After Inquest Verdict and Echoes Call for Change
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Statement of Solidarity: Justice for Soleiman Faqiri
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Wellness Within Calls for the Banning of Spit Hoods in Canada
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Statement of Solidarity: Justice for Soleiman Faqiri
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May 28, 2020

Women’s Wellness Within: #justiceforregis

January 29, 2019

Women’s Wellness Within answers the Call: Let’s Talk about Prisoners’ Mental Health

January 9, 2019

Women’s Wellness Within Statement in Support of Wet’suwet’en Land Defenders

April 23, 2018 

Women’s Wellness Within: Annual General Meeting

January 24, 2018

Media Release: Goodwill Bot in Support of Women’s Wellness Within

October 24, 2017

For Immediate Release: Transphobia in Reporting about Grand Valley Prisoner

September 19, 2017

For Immediate Release: In response to the Sept 18, 2017 Chronicle Herald article “Truro prison staff concerned about presence of transgender inmate.” Women’s Wellness Within and Elizabeth Fry Societies of Cape Breton and Mainland Nova Scotia respond: Trans women are Women.

March 6, 2017

Women’s Wellness Within announces official launch and expanded services.

November 16, 2016

For Immediate Release: Nova Institution for Women Reinstates Critical Support Program for Pregnant Women

November 14, 2016

For Immediate Release: Nova Institution for Women Ends Critical Support Program for Pregnant Women

March 30, 2016

For Immediate Release: End Solitary Confinement of Pregnant Women in Nova Scotia Correctional Facilities