16 July 2002
July 16, 2002
The UN Declaration on the Elimination of Violence Against Women and the Inter-American Convention on the Prevention, Punishment and Eradication of Violence Against Women
A summary of a presentation from NAWL’s 14th Biennial Conference Canada has been a leader in women’s human rights in the international human rights arena for several years. Indeed, Canada backed the campaign at the 1993 United Nations World Conference on Human ...
16 July 2002
July 16, 2002
Mothers as Secondary Defendants in Child Sexual Abuse Claims
Summary of a Presentation from NAWL’s 14th Biennial Conference A new development has emerged as adult survivors of child sexual abuse turn to civil litigation as a tool in obtaining redress for their injury: the joinder of the plaintiff’s mother as a ...
16 July 2002
July 16, 2002
Workshop on Transgender Human Rights and Women’s Substantive Equality
Workshop conducted by the NAWL Working Group on Transgender Issues at NAWL’s 14th Biennial Conference Through a number of successful cases — specifically involving male-to-female transsexuals — provincial courts and human rights tribunals have acknowledged discrimination against transgendered persons, although specific protections ...
16 July 2002
July 16, 2002
The Struggle for Pay Equity in New Brunswick
A Summary of a Presentation at NAWL’s 14th Biennial Conference No one can deny that the pay inequities which women experience on the labour market pose great social challenges. Equal pay remains a dream for many women. In New Brunswick as elsewhere ...
16 July 2002
July 16, 2002
Minority Women, Family Law and the State
A Summary of a Workshop at NAWL’s 14th Biennial Conference Women belonging to cultural minorities sometimes seek state support regarding inequalities they experience in their communities. Such inequalities, justified in the name of “culture”, are often especially evident in the family law ...
16 July 2002
July 16, 2002
W(h)ither Motherhood, W(h)ither Feminism: Child Custody Law Reform / La maternité évacuée, le fé
Summary of presentation from NAWL’s 14th Biennial Conference This presentation addressed the ‘disappearance’ of mothers in custody law reform debates over the past decade in Canada, and also looked at the ‘disappearance’ of related issues such as women’s caregiving responsibility and woman ...
16 July 2002
July 16, 2002
Conference Overview
From March 7 – 10, 2002, over 400 participants from throughout Canada and from Germany, China, and Brazil, gathered at the Ottawa Congress Centre for NAWL’s 14th Biennial Conference on Women, the Family and the State. By all accounts, the conference was ...
16 July 2002
July 16, 2002
NAWL’s 14th Biennial Conference: Women, the Family and the State: Opening Address
Good evening everyone. I am glad to declare this conference open. Finally, after a full year of work and preparations, I think we have put together a very rich and very diversified conference, with a strong thematic link. Andrée Côté’s brilliant ideas ...
1 June 2002
June 1, 2002
Volume 21, No. 2, Summer 2002 / Volume 21, No. 2, Été 2002
Volume 21, No. 2, Summer 2002 Volume 21, No. 2, Été 2002 Nothing ...
17 February 2002
February 17, 2002
The Canadian Gender and Trade Consultation
Cet article est disponible uniquement en anglais. After the World Trade Organization wrapped up its meetings in the heavily patrolled city of Doha, Qatar this past November, Farah Khan, an observer, stated: “Compared with other international gatherings, Doha has been a remarkable ...
17 February 2002
February 17, 2002
Bill C-36: The Anti-terrorism Act
Cet article est disponible uniquement en anglais. At the urging of the United States after September 11th, governments in Europe and North America adopted stringent anti-terrorism measures. Canada responded to the call by passing tough new legislation. Bill C-36, now the Anti-terrorism ...
17 February 2002
February 17, 2002
Rethinking the Budgeting Process: A Call for Renewed Action
Cet article est disponible uniquement en anglais. The Process Leading Up to Budget 2001 NAWL has been involved in the budget-making process for years. Despite preparation and advocacy on our part, each year our submissions appear to have little effect on the ...
17 February 2002
February 17, 2002
Pursuing a Feminist Policy Agenda through Electoral Reform
Cet article est disponible uniquement en anglais. Over the past few months NAWL has reviewed the issue of federal electoral reform, and how changes to the current federal system may facilitate a shift in the policy priorities of the Canadian Parliament. NAWL ...
17 February 2002
February 17, 2002
Equality Coalition to Present Agruments in Brockie Case
Cet article est disponible uniquement en anglais. In December 2001, a coalition of 12 equality-seeking groups in Ontario presented arguments in Brillinger v. Brockie, a case before the Ontario Court of Justice. The case was on appeal from the Ontario Board of ...
17 February 2002
February 17, 2002
Poverty is a Human Rights Violation
Cet article est disponible uniquement en anglais. Longtime members and supporters of NAWL, Gwen Brodsky and I have launched a new project dedicated to strengthening the rights of the poorest people, to have the right to social and economic security recognized by ...
17 February 2002
February 17, 2002
POSITION AVAILABLE: Trustee for the National Association of Women and the Law (NAWL) Charitable Trust for Research and Education
Cet article est disponible uniquement en anglais. We are seeking applications to fill a forthcoming vacancy on the Board of Trustees for the NAWL Charitable Trust for Research and Education. The Charitable Trust for Research was established in 1984 for the purposes ...
17 February 2002
February 17, 2002
Métis Women and Aboriginal Self-Governance: Entrenching Inequality Through the Devolution of Discrimination
Cet article est disponible uniquement en anglais. Like Inuit, status Indian, and non-status women, many Métis women face extreme and lifelong poverty, labour market discrimination, and tremendous barriers to education, political representation, health resources, and other social programming. Métis women also experience ...
16 February 2002
February 16, 2002
Custody and Access Alert
Cet article est disponible uniquement en anglais. This spring, the federal government will table a report to Parliament on proposed changes to the Divorce Act, relating to custody, access and child-support. This will be an important phase in the process started in ...
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 ...
16 February 2002
February 16, 2002
Draft Bill on Civil Unions: Is the Quebec Government about to Create Separate Equality for Same-Sex Couples and their Children?
Cet article est disponible uniquement en anglais. After 28 years of living together as a couple, Michael Hendricks and René LeBoeuf, two gay men, claimed the legal right to marry before Quebec’s Superior Court in November 2001. Their claim is similar to ...
