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On Thursday, May 15th, the National Association of Women and the Law, in partnership with the David Asper Centre for Constitutional Rights, had the honour of appearing before the Supreme Court of Canada in an important case for women’s equality rights. Attorney ...

National Association of Women and the Law (NAWL) Statement on  Speech from the Throne   Commitments to implement new measures addressing intimate partner gun violence    Anishinaabe Territory/OTTAWA, May 28th, 2025: The National Association of Women and the Law (NAWL) welcomed commitments in the ...

The National Association of Women and the Law (NAWL) applauds the inclusion of a Minister for Women and Gender Equality (WAGE) in Cabinet, and congratulates Minister Rechie Valdez on her appointment to this essential position. Since March 2025, over 400 feminist organizations ...

Fund Development Lead Come join our dynamic feminist team! The National Association of Women and the Law (NAWL) is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to advancing substantive equality for all women in Canada through law reform, particularly at the federal level. NAWL’s work ...

WHO WE ARE: The National Association of Women and the Law (NAWL) is an incorporated not-for-profit feminist organization that works to achieve substantive equality and the realization of human rights for all women in Canada through legal education, research, strategic intervention, coalition ...

The prevalence of accusations of parental alienation makes it likely that a new tort of family violence would be used to revictimize survivors of gender-based violence Anishinaabeg Territory/OTTAWA, November 14th, 2024: The National Association of Women and the Law (NAWL) has been ...

NAWL submitted a brief to the Quebec’s National Assembly Committee on Institutions on Bill 73, An Act to counter the non-consensual sharing of intimate images and to improve civil protection and support for victims of violence. The bill includes various measures to ...

Federal government’s failure to act is putting victims of domestic abuse at further risk by punishing disclosures of family violence Anishinaabe Territory/OTTAWA, October 30, 2024: A new UN report published yesterday is calling on Canada to legislate to “prevent the use of ...

The National Association of Women and the Law is urging Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to appoint a woman who is Indigenous, Black, racialized, and/or from other equality seeking communities to fill the vacancy on the Supreme Court of Canada.  The Supreme Court ...

A publication ban is a court order which, in the context of a criminal trial, prohibits anyone from revealing the identity of a victim, witness or justice system participant. One of the aims of this order is to enable victims of sexual ...

On the anniversary of the overturning of Roe v. Wade, NAWL joins 128 other equality-seeking organizations in calling on all levels of government to do more for gender equality and for women and 2SLGBTQIA+ people’s sexual and reproductive rights and bodily autonomy.  ...

NAWL joins group of civil society organizations and individuals urging Ministers to consider open letter in advance of the upcoming meeting of Forum of Ministers on Human Rights, to be held on June 20, 2023 in Halifax, Nova Scotia. “As the fourth ...

“The planetary environmental crisis affects everyone, everywhere, but not equally.” Ottawa, ON, Anishinaabe territory: Bill S-5, Strengthening Environmental Protection for a Healthier Canada Act, is the first major reform of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act (CEPA) in over 20 years. CEPA is ...

On February 15th, 2023 NAWL will intervene in a family case before the Court of Appeal for Saskatchewan.   The case, Friesen v Friesen, concerns the recent Divorce Act amendments and their impact on women. We believe that this case has the potential ...

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 ...

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Intimate partner violence is a crucial topic that affects a lawyer’s practice regardless of their field. This is why NAWL submitted a letter to the Federation of Law Societies of Canada to demand that intimate partner violence education be included in the ...

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Algonquin Anishnaabeg Territory/Ottawa, ON – The National Association of Women and the Law (NAWL) has filed a brief with the House of Commons Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security regarding Bill C-21: An Act to amend certain ...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE   The National Association of Women and the Law is conducting a series of Feminist Law Reform (FLR) Workshops across the country from 2022-2023.   The goal of the Feminist Law Reform Workshop series is to bring NAWL’s FLR 101 ...