1 December 2004
December 1, 2004
Pre-Budget Consultations: 2005 Federal Budget
In NAWL’s Brief to the Finance Committee on the 2005 Federal Budget (as a member of the Coalition for Women’s Equality), we argued that the federal government has sufficient resources to implement a National Child Care Program (see pages 17 and 18). ...
22 November 2004
November 22, 2004
2005 Federal Budget
Submissions to the Finance Committee by the Canadian Research Institute on the Advancement of Women (CRIAW), the National Organization of Immigrant and Visible Minority Women of Canada (NOIVMWC), Media Watch, Womenspace, the Feminist Alliance for International Action (FAFIA), the National Association of ...
22 October 2003
October 22, 2003
Custody and Access
Women remain the primary caregivers of children. Women are more likely to abandon professional and economic benefits in order to facilitate that relationship. When they separate or divorce, women are far more likely to end up in poverty than their former male ...
17 October 2003
October 17, 2003
Same-Sex Marriage
Not allowing lesbians to marry sends the message that lesbian relationships are not valuable or worthy of support. Lesbians want the ability to marry to obtain the benefits of marriage and also to change that historical message of exclusion. They also want ...
14 October 2003
October 14, 2003
Addressing Trafficking in Women and Children in Canada
Cet article est disponible uniquement en anglais. Trafficking in women and girls is a significant global problem to which Canada is unfortunately not immune. It is an illegal yet highly profitable industry, which recruits, transports and sells human beings for the purpose ...
1 July 2003
July 1, 2003
NAWL Brief on the Act to Amend the Divorce Act (Bill C-22) / Mémoire de l’ANFD au sujet de la Lo
NAWL Brief on the Act to Amend the Divorce Act (Bill C-22) Mémoire de l’ANFD au sujet de la Loi modifiant la Loi sur le divorce (Projet de loi C-22) The current Divorce Act presents a number of challenges and barriers to ...
23 May 2003
May 23, 2003
NAWL Brief to the Canadian Human Rights Commission on the Treatment of Federally Sentenced Women /
NAWL Brief to the Canadian Human Rights Commission on the Treatment of Federally Sentenced Women Mémoire de l’ANFD à la Commission canadienne des droits de la personne au sujet du traitement des femmes purgeant une peine fédérale Federally Sentenced Women: Canada’s Breach ...
22 April 2003
April 22, 2003
Marriage and Legal Recognition of Same-Sex Unions to the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rig
Marriage and Legal Recognition of Same-Sex Unions to the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights Des unions des conjoints de même sexe It is NAWL’s position that the prohibition against same-sex marriage is discriminatory and in violation of section 15 of ...
9 April 2003
April 9, 2003
Submission on Marriage and the Legal Recognition of Same-Sex Unions to the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights
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1 April 2003
April 1, 2003
Marriage and Legal Recognition of Same-Sex Unions / Mariage et reconnaissance des unions de même se
Marriage and Legal Recognition of Same-Sex Unions Mariage et reconnaissance des unions de même sexe Submission by the National Association of to the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights. The National Association of Women and the Law (NAWL) is a non-profit ...
23 December 2002
December 23, 2002
NAWL Brief to the Pay Equity Task Force / Mémoire de l’ANFD au Groupe de travail sur l’équit
NAWL Brief to the Pay Equity Task Force Mémoire de l’ANFD au Groupe de travail sur l’équité salariale In light of its domestic and international obligations, the Canadian government has a positive obligation to adopt legislation that will remedy both the systemic ...
9 October 2002
October 9, 2002
NAWL submits brief to The Pay Equity Task Force
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16 February 2002
February 16, 2002
Feminist Perspectives on the Draft Federal Assisted Human Reproduction Act
Cet article est disponible uniquement en anglais. In May 2001, former Health Minister Allan Rock publicized draft federal legislation on assisted human reproduction (AHR) (Health Canada documents on AHR, including the draft Act, can be found at: http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/english/protection/biologics_genetics/reproduction/index.htm). The draft Act represents ...
23 October 2001
October 23, 2001
NAWL’s Pre-Budget Submission to the Standing Committee on Finance, 2001
Ce mémoire est disponible seulement en anglais. We have one key message for the committee: Good fiscal policy-making must take gender into account. To underline this message, our submission will illustrate some problems with two major budgetary initiatives of recent years: personal ...
18 June 2001
June 18, 2001
Women’s Poverty, Women’s Equality: Supreme Court to Rule on one Woman’s Claim to Social and Economic Rights
Cet article est disponible uniquement en anglais. The Supreme Court of Canada will soon be hearing a precedent-setting case about the right to adequate social assistance benefits. NAWL was granted leave to intervene in the case, to present a feminist analysis of ...
15 June 2001
June 15, 2001
NAWL Brief to the Federal, Provincial, Territorial Family Law Committee on Custody, Access and Child
Mémoire de l’ANFD au Comité fédéral, provincial et territorial sur le droit de la famille, sur la garde, le droit de visite et les pensions alimentaires pour enfants The Divorce Act must begin with a preamble, supported by the wording within the ...
1 June 2001
June 1, 2001
Brief to the Federal, Provincial, Territorial Family Law Committee on Custody, Access and Child Support
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23 May 2001
May 23, 2001
NAWL Brief to the Supreme Court of Canada in Gosselin v. Québec (Attorney General)
Mémoire de l’ANFD à la Cour suprême dans l’affaire Gosselin c. Québec NAWL wishes to highlight aspects of the record that reveal the impact of the challenged section of the Social Aid Regulation on young women and men in the 18-30 age ...
28 April 2001
April 28, 2001
Brief on the Proposed Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (Bill C-11)
Brief on the Proposed Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (Bill C-11) Mémoire concernant le Projet de loi sur l’immigration et la protection des réfugiés In 2001, the government introduced new legislation on immigration and refugee protection. NAWL proposed a series of recommendations ...
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 ...
