Hot actions for cold days

, By Jackie Hansen, Major Campaigns and Women’s Rights Campaigner

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Staying inside and waiting out the long, cold Canadian winter? Pick up your pen, ready your computer mouse, and get ready to take some hot winter actions. What can warm your spirits and chase away the winter blues more than knowing that every stroke of your pen or click of your mouse helps to saves lives and protect human rights. 

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, Last chance to sign these online actions!

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  • , RUSSIA: Call on President Putin to end the repression and go for gold in human rights.
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, Sign online

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  • , COLOMBIA: Help protect the rights of Indigenous peoples.
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  • , CANADA: Ask the federal government to open the doors to justice for people overseas whose rights have been violated by Canadian companies.
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  • , WORLDWIDE: Call on world leaders to protect your sexual and reproductive rights during their upcoming UN discussions.
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  • , UGANDA: Call on Uganda’s leaders to stop criminalizing same sex relations.
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, Write a letter

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  • , COLOMBIA: Two Indigenous leaders killed and a third—someone who has traveled to Canada to meet with Amnesty International members—is at risk.
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  • , MOROCCO: Call on the government to broaden their definition of rape and make sure that punishments for rapists are not dependent on the “honour” of the victim.
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, Get creative

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  • , COLOMBIA: Take your perfect activist “selfie” pic and let the Canadian government know that you are standing up for the rights of Indigenous peoples in Colombia and you want them too as well.
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, Collect petition signatures

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  • , COLOMBIA: Help protect the rights of Indigenous peoples. 
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  • , WORLDWIDE: Call on world leaders to protect your sexual and reproductive rights during their upcoming UN discussions. 
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, Stay up to date on Facebook

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Learn more about our campaigns on the rights of Indigenous people in Colombia, and how to press Canada to open our doors to justice for people overseas who have had their rights violated by Canadian companies.

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For more great action ideas check out our Winter-Spring Activism Guide