2 February 2001
February 2, 2001
The Women’s Economic Equality Project
Cet article est disponible uniquement en anglais. In conjunction with the United States Centre on Economic and Social Rights and the Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions (Geneva), NAWL is a partner in the newly established Women’s Economic Equality Project. The goals ...
2 February 2001
February 2, 2001
On Losing Lesbian Rights
Cet article est disponible uniquement en anglais. While the Fourth World Conference of Women held in Beijing in 1995 fell short of formally recognising the rights of lesbians and gay men, many United Nations bodies and programs – such as the UN ...
2 February 2001
February 2, 2001
Custody and Access Project in Ontario
Cet article est disponible uniquement en anglais. Since September 2000, representatives from seven Ontario organizations have been meeting to explore ways of working together to more effectively respond to the needs of women and children involved in custody and access issues. The ...
2 February 2001
February 2, 2001
Bringing Beijing + 5 Home to Canada: What Was the Beijing + 5 Process About?
Cet article est disponible uniquement en anglais. Women in Canada and around the world worked hard to prepare for the 1995 Fourth World Conference on Women, held in Beijing China. For many women in Canada, the Conference and parallel NGO forum sparked ...
2 February 2001
February 2, 2001
Political Parity and the Charter of Rights
Cet article est disponible uniquement en anglais. Notes prepared for the “Stages of Citizenship ” Conference, University of Ottawa, November 2-3, 2000 Women’s underrepresentation in politics is a well-known fact. It is a historical phenomenon, which remains characteristic of all modern democratic ...
2 February 2001
February 2, 2001
Student Internship at NAWL
Cet article est disponible uniquement en anglais. I came to NAWL rather fortuitously. I had just finished a ten month stint on Parliament Hill as a full time parliamentary intern and was eager to get involved in the community. I also needed ...
2 February 2001
February 2, 2001
Students’ Work with NAWL: Trans. What?
Cet article est disponible uniquement en anglais. There have been a number of important test cases recently decided in Canada at the tribunal level concerning transgender human rights, including Ferris v. Office and Technical Employees Union, Local 15, [1999] B.C.H.R.T.D. No. 55; ...
2 February 2001
February 2, 2001
The Year 2000 Women’s March – the TFFCPO was there!
Cet article est disponible uniquement en anglais. Thirty thousand women marched on Ottawa’s Parliament Hill on October 15, 2000, demanding immediate action from the feds to end poverty and violence against women. Among them was a contingent of 240 French-Ontarian women marching ...
2 February 2001
February 2, 2001
Women’s Election Website
Women’s Election Website During the recent federal election NAWL helped operate a women’s bilingual website,”Women’s Election – 2000 reasons to vote”. This site was produced by a coalition of equality seeking women and women’s organizations in partnership with Womenspace and the National ...
2 February 2001
February 2, 2001
The Not-So-Mini-Budget
The Not-So-Mini-Budget In the midst of the worst-kept secret in Canada, that an early election call was pending, and in what can only be seen as reaction to regressive proposals for tax cuts proposed by the Canadian Alliance Party, Paul Martin introduced ...
2 December 2000
December 2, 2000
Jurisfemme Articles on Women’s Human Rights / Jurisfemme : Articles sur les droits humains des
Jurisfemme Articles on Women’s Human Rights Jurisfemme : Articles sur les droits humains des femmes Fall 2003 “UN Special Rapporteur Visits Canada”, by Marlène D. Balthazar Automne 2003 « Visite du Rapporteur spécial de l’ONU au Canada », par Marlène D. Balthazar ...
23 November 2000
November 23, 2000
Jurisfemme Articles on Women’s Social and Economic Rights / Jurisfemme – Articles sur les dr
Jurisfemme Articles on Women’s Social and Economic Rights Jurisfemme – Articles sur les droits sociaux et économiques des femmes Winter 2003 “Majority Embraces Stereotype of Poor”, by Shelagh Day Automne 2003 « Jusqu’à quel point la méthode de la mesure du panier ...
23 June 2000
June 23, 2000
The Defence of Provocation: Stop Excusing Violence Against Women
Historically the criminal law system has justified and condoned male violence against women. It allowed a man to use “reasonable” force to ensure the respect and obedience of his spouse; it immunized husbands from prosecution for rape of their wives; it did ...
15 May 2000
May 15, 2000
NAWL Brief on the Importance of Respecting the Substantive Equality Rights of Lesbians to the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights
Mémoire de l’ANFD sur l’importance de respecter le droit des lesbiennes à l’égalité matérielle soumis au Comité permanent sur la justice et les droits de la personne Ce mémoire est disponible seulement en anglais. Notes for NAWL’s presentation to the Standing Committee ...
1 February 2000
February 1, 2000
NAWL Shares Communications Skills with Women in China
The National Association of Women and the Law (NAWL), in partnership with the Association of Canadian Community Colleges, Queen’s University and the University of Alberta is working on the Canada/China Women’s Law Project. This project is funded by the Canadian International Development ...
1 February 2000
February 1, 2000
News from the Nova Scotia Caucus: The Frances Fish Award for Women Lawyers
The Nova Scotia caucus of NAWL (“NSAWL”) held its second Frances Fish Women Lawyers’ Achievement Awards dinner on October 21, 1999. The awards dinner honoured Dawn Russell, Dean of Dalhousie Law School, and Anne Derrick, a partner at the law firm Beaton, ...
1 February 2000
February 1, 2000
Budget 2000: Entering a New Millennium ?
In the fall of 1999 one might have thought that fixing the focus of the 2000 budget would be a battle between advocates pushing for increased investment in Canada’s social programs on one side, and business lobbyists and high?income earners pushing for ...
1 February 2000
February 1, 2000
Protecting Women’s Equality Rights: Refugee Determination
Pursuant to the United Nations 1951 Convention and the 1967 Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees, Canada provides international protection to refugees only if the persecution is “on account of” race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group or political ...
1 February 2000
February 1, 2000
New Brunswick (Minister of Health and Community Services) v. G. (J.), [1999] S.C.J. No. 47 (QL) – Case Comment
New Brunswick (Minister of Health and Community Services) v. G. (J.), [1999] S.C.J. No. 47 (QL) – Case Comment Nouveau Brunswick (Ministre de la Santé et des Services communautaires) c. G. (J.) [1999] J.C.S. No. 47 (QL) – Commentaire Thanks in part ...
1 February 2000
February 1, 2000
25th Anniversary Profile: Carole Curtis
Carole Curtis decided to become a lawyer in the early seventies during her undergraduate studies when she saw the boozy jocks she hung around with get into law school so easily. So, why not? The why not turned itself into a career ...
