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Executive Director: Resources Matters and Cherie Wong

executive director: The fallout began after three young women Shanese Steele, 26, and Cherie Wong and Leila Moumouni-Tchouassi, both 23 were dismissed from their jobs at the national organization's Ottawa office following months of tension and issues with management, according to Vancouver Courier. Eleanor Fast, executive director of Equal Voice, said she cannot comment on internal human resources matters, but she defended the organization against allegations that their identities played any sort of role in terminating their employment. Equal Voice, a multi-partisan organization dedicated to getting more women elected at all levels of government, had four members of its board of directors resign in recent days as young women have been tweeting about what they call negative experiences with the organization.article continues below Trending Stories'Bella Dolls' sex doll brothel has opened in Vancouver Vision Vancouver will not run a mayoral candidate for first time in party's history Historic rock garden in Stanley Park gets recognitionB.C. lawyers tweak self-imposed anti-money laundering rules ahead of public inquiry That online conversation, taking place under the hashtag notsoequalvoice, has included stories shared by young women who were delegates at the Daughters of the Vote conference, which brought 338 young women one from every federal riding to Parliament Hill this spring. The recent staffing changes had nothing to do with anyone's race, ethnicity, religion, Fast said in an interview. Nonetheless, she said, she is concerned about the online discussion, adding that the organization is working on how best to learn from its mistakes and be more inclusive, both internally and externally. The insinuation in that regard is completely false. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.