6 December 2001
December 6, 2001
NAWL Brief on the Anti-Terrorism Act to the Senate Special Committee on Bill C-36 / Consulter nos archives par catégorie
Ce mémoire est disponible seulement en anglais. The National Association of Women and the Law (NAWL) is extremely concerned about the impact of proposed Bill C-36, An Anti-terrorism Act, on the civil and political rights as well as the equality rights of ...
2 October 2001
October 2, 2001
Late Breaking News – Equal Marriage
Cet article est disponible uniquement en anglais. A disappointing judgement denying the right of same sex couples to marry was issued by the Supreme Court of British Columbia on October 2, 2001 (EGALE Canada Inc. et al vs Attorney General of Canada ...
28 September 2001
September 28, 2001
Women Launch Declaration Against War and Racism, for Peace and Justice
Cet article est disponible uniquement en anglais. We wish to express out profound sorrow and shock at the devastation and tremendous loss suffered by our sisters and brothers in the United States of America. Our thoughts go to the innocent victims who ...
18 September 2001
September 18, 2001
The Women’s Economic Equality Project
Cet article est disponible uniquement en anglais. Women of all ages experience gender inequality within and outside the home. Women are denied access to basic healthcare, housing, education, and work. Even when they are employed, women’s wages in industrialized countries are only ...
18 September 2001
September 18, 2001
Kim Rogers: Death in the Modern Day Pauper’s Prison
Cet article est disponible uniquement en anglais. Kim Rogers, eight months pregnant and serving a sentence of house arrest in Sudbury, Ontario, died in her small apartment on August 9, 2001 during the course of a record-setting heat wave. Two days passed ...
18 August 2001
August 18, 2001
Spousal Support and Pension Income in the Case of Boston v. Boston
Cet article est disponible uniquement en anglais. Based on a LEAF press release (July 12, 2001, online at http://www.leaf.ca) This past July, the Supreme Court of Canada released its decision in the Ontario case of Boston v. Boston ([2001] SCJ No. 45, ...
18 June 2001
June 18, 2001
Thoughts on the World Conference Against Racism
Cet article est disponible uniquement en anglais. I had the honour of representing NAWL at the UN World Conference Against Racism, Xenophobia, and Related Intolerance (WCAR) in Durban, South Africa recently. My memories are a collage of bodyguard-flanked dignitaries, trumpeting elephants, begging ...
18 June 2001
June 18, 2001
Some Reflections on an International Experience: A Report from the CHRF International Human Rights Training Program
Cet article est disponible uniquement en anglais. Introduction This summer I represented NAWL at the Canadian Human Rights Foundation’s (CHRF) 22nd annual International Human Rights Training Program (IHRTP) in Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, just outside of Montreal. (See the CHRF’s website at http://www.chrf.ca/english/general/files/master_eng.htm) For three ...
18 June 2001
June 18, 2001
Consultation Of Women Anti-Poverty Activists
Cet article est disponible uniquement en anglais. In March, in the course of preparing the factum on the Gosselin case, NAWL consulted with women anti-poverty activists. Meetings were held in Vancouver, Ottawa, Montréal and Indian Harbour (Nova Scotia). Over forty women with ...
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 ...
18 June 2001
June 18, 2001
In Whose Best Interests?
Cet article est disponible uniquement en anglais. Both historically and currently, women have been and remain the primary caregivers of children in most families in Canada. Certainly, fathers share more of the responsibility than they did in the past, but in 52% ...
18 June 2001
June 18, 2001
Lessons Learned from Family Law — The Proposed Presumption in Favour of Shared Parenting
Cet article est disponible uniquement en anglais. Part of the fallout from the passage of the Child Support Guidelines in 1997 was a political compromise, engineered by Senator Anne Cools, which required a study to be conducted on custody and access. It ...
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 ...
