The Canadian Forum on Women's Activism in Constitutional and Democratic Reform

February 13 to 15, 2006 - Ottawa, Canada

Feminist film director Deepa Mehta, who screened her film "Water" for the opening Arts and Activism session of the film, seen here with Josée Vernier, Minister of International Co-operation and Minister for La Francophonie and Official Languages, and her daughter Devyani Saltzman, author of "Shooting Water: a Mother-Daughter Journey & the Making of a Film."

Lerato Legoabe (South Africa) and Justine Uvuza (Rwanda) doing a live webcam at TakingITGlobal in Toronto, after the Youth Forum.

Youth Forum Participants

IWRP's Susan Bazilli (second from left) with Forum Participants

Lerato Legoabe, Coordinator of GirlsNet, WomensNet, South Africa

Participants in the Forum's South African Panel

Charlotte McClain Nhlapo, South African Human Rights Commission and Chair of the South African panel at the Forum; Susan Bazilli; Penelope E. Andrews, CUNY, Chair of the International section of the Forum.

Mary Balikungeri, Executive Director of the Rwandan Women's Network, and member of the UN Committee on Aids.

Linda Palmer Nye opened the Forum with her rousing feminist song "Farewell to Patriarchy," as relevant now as it was 25 years ago!

Forum Photo Compilation

Film crew working to cover the Forum