23 April 2001
April 23, 2001
NAWL Brief on the Proposed Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (Bill C-11) to the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration
Although we recognize that a number of important reforms are being introduced with Bill C-11, we are deeply concerned about the bill’s lack of progress for immigrant and refugee women. Our brief will discuss some of the important avenues of reform, from ...
24 March 2001
March 24, 2001
Welfare Rights Are Women’s Rights, Consultation Report
In the Fall of 2000, the National Association of Women and the Law (NAWL) obtained intervener status before the Supreme Court in the Gosselin v. Québec (Attorney General) case. The Gosselin case is about a welfare regulation in force in Québec in ...
2 February 2001
February 2, 2001
Winners of NAWL’s Trust 15th Essay Competition
Cet article est disponible uniquement en anglais. On the theme: Women March 2000: To End Poverty and Violence Against Women We are pleased to announce the winners of the 14th Annual Essay Competition organised by NAWL’s Charitable Trust for Research and Education: ...
2 February 2001
February 2, 2001
Twelve Good Reasons to Oppose Granting Criminal Immunity to Police
Cet article est disponible uniquement en anglais. I attended a round table hosted by the Department of Justice on October 5, 2000 on the government’s White Paper on Criminal Liability and Law Enforcement, along with a number of other academics and legal ...
2 February 2001
February 2, 2001
Rape Shield Provisions Upheld
Cet article est disponible uniquement en anglais. The Supreme Court of Canada upheld the rape shield provisions of the Criminal Code (s. 276, 276.1and 276.2) in R. v. Darrach, 2000 SCC 46, released October 12. Except in one respect, the decision does ...
2 February 2001
February 2, 2001
Update on the Pamela Jean George Case
Cet article est disponible uniquement en anglais. In the early morning hours of April 17, 1995, on the outskirts of Regina, Saskatchewan, Pamela Jean George was beaten to death by two young white men. One of the two men convicted of killing ...
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 ...
