Women’s Organizations Call on National Party Leaders to Honour Their Campaign Promises to Ban Assault-Style Firearms

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 07/03/2023 Weapons designed for war are a threat to the safety of women and girls, groups say Ottawa, ON: Thirty-one women’s and feminist organizations from across Canada are calling on Prime Minister Trudeau to honour his government’s longstanding commitment to ban assault-style firearms in Canada. The groups are also asking all opposition party leaders…

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Open Letter: #Women4GunControl call for a federal ban on assault-style firearms

To: Justin Trudeau, Pierre Poilievre, Yves-François Blanchet, Jagmeet Singh, Elizabeth May  CC: Ron McKinnon, Raquel Dancho, Kristina Michaud, Paul Chiang, Pam Damoff, Iqwinder Gaheer, Peter Julian, Dane Lloyd, Glen Motz, Taleeb Noormohamed, Peter Schiefke, Doug Shipley (members of the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security)   On the eve of International Women’s Day,…

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JOB POSTING: BILINGUAL Communications and Development Officer

Description Come and join our small, but dynamic, feminist team! If you are passionate about working to advance substantive equality for all women and are a team player, we are currently accepting resumes for a fully bilingual tech-savvy Communications and Development Officer. Reporting to the Executive Director, the Communications and Development Officer will take on a…

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JOB POSTING : BILINGUAL Office Administrator

Description Come and join our small, but dynamic, feminist team! If you are passionate about working to advance substantive equality for all women and are a team player, we are currently accepting resumes for a fully bilingual tech-savvy Office Administrator. Reporting to the Executive Director, the Office Administrator provides support to the team in a dynamic environment…

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NAWL takes a stand against victim blaming

Mothers who have experienced intimate partner violence are often accused of being “alienating” in family court. In December 2022, the National Association of Women and the Law submitted a brief to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) to fight back against this phenomenon. Twenty-eight Canadian organizations endorsed our submission! …

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Michelle O’Bonsawin – Canada’s first Indigenous jurist to the Supreme Court of Canada

The National Association of Women and the Law (NAWL) welcomes the nomination of Canada’s first Indigenous jurist to the Supreme Court of Canada, Justice Michelle O’Bonsawin. We commend the federal government on taking this important step toward ensuring our highest court better reflects Canada’s diversity, while also maintaining gender parity. In August 2020, NAWL sent…

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NAWL Announcement: Our new Head of Feminist Law Reform

The National Association of Women and the Law (NAWL) is delighted to announce that Suzanne Zaccour (B.C.L, LL.B, LL.M, DPhil), a feminist author, researcher, and public speaker, will be joining our team as Head of Feminist Law Reform.   Suzanne will play an integral role in assisting with the development and implementation of NAWL’s advocacy objectives…

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BILL C-28: Letter to Senators

The Senate of Canada  Ottawa, Ontario  Canada  K1A 0A4    June 21, 2022     Dear Honourable Senators:    Re: Bill C-28 – Self-Induced Extreme Intoxication    I write on behalf of the National Association of Women and the Law (NAWL). Founded in 1974, NAWL is a feminist organization that promotes the equality rights of…

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