20 July 2023
July 20, 2023
NAWL Letter to Justin Trudeau Urging for Diversity in the Supreme Court of Canada
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 ...
22 June 2023
June 22, 2023
The fight to defend reproductive rights and gender equality continues
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. ...
15 June 2023
June 15, 2023
Open Letter to Ministers re: Upcoming meeting of Forum of Ministers on Human Rights
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 ...
24 April 2023
April 24, 2023
Open Letter to Jagmeet Singh regarding a ban on assault-style firearms
Mr. Jagmeet Singh, M.P. Leader, New Democratic Party House of Commons Ottawa, ON K1A 0A6 Jagmeet.Singh@parl.gc.ca – Dear Mr. Singh, The #Women4GunControl Coalition is comprised of 33 national and regional women’s and feminist organizations who have come together to work toward securing a ...
7 March 2023
March 7, 2023
Open Letter: #Women4GunControl call for a federal ban on assault-style firearms
To: Justin Trudeau, Pierre Poilievre, Yves-François Blanchet, Jagmeet Singh, Elizabeth May CC: Ron McKinnon, Raquel Dancho, Kristina Michaud, Paul Chiang, Pam Damoff, Iqwinder Gaheer, Peter Julian, Dane Lloyd, Glen Motz, Taleeb Noormohamed, Peter Schiefke, Doug Shipley (members of the Standing Committee on ...
6 December 2022
December 6, 2022
Joint statement in solidarity with Indigenous families mourning the murder of four Indigenous women
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21 June 2022
June 21, 2022
BILL C-28: Letter to Senators
The Senate of Canada Ottawa, Ontario Canada K1A 0A4 June 21, 2022 Dear Honourable Senators: Re: Bill C-28 – Self-Induced Extreme Intoxication I write on behalf of the National Association of Women and the Law (NAWL). Founded ...
16 May 2022
May 16, 2022
Letter to Ministers: Firearms Controls and Violence Against Women
The Honourable Marco Mendicino, P.C., M.P. Minister of Public Safety The Honourable Marci Ien, P.C., M.P. Minister for Women and Gender Equality and Youth House of Commons Ottawa, ON K1A 0A6 Dear Minister Mendicino and Minister Ien, Re Firearms ...
26 October 2021
October 26, 2021
NAWL Support for MLA Lynne Lund’s proposed Non-Disclosure Agreements Act
PEI Legislative Assembly 165 Richmond St. Charlottetown, PEI C1A 1J1 Dear Members of the P.E.I. Legislative Assembly: Re: Letter of Support for Proposed Non-Disclosure Agreements Act The National Association of Women and the Law is proud to support MLA Lynne Lund’s proposed ...
29 June 2021
June 29, 2021
NAWL letter to the Senate in support of Bill C-6
Honourable Senators, The National Association of Women and the Law is a not-for-profit feminist organization that promotes the equality rights of women, in all their diversity, through legal education, research and law reform advocacy. We are writing to voice our support for ...
10 June 2021
June 10, 2021
Open Letter to Ministers Bennett and Miller on behalf of gender justice and human rights organizations in solidarity with the Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc First Nation and all First Nations, Métis, and Inuit Peoples
The Honourable Carolyn Bennet, Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations The Honourable Marc Miller, Minister of Indigenous Services Government of Canada Dear Ministers, On behalf of national, regional and local gender justice and human rights organizations, we are in solidarity with the Tk’emlúps ...
10 March 2021
March 10, 2021
Open letter in support of Bill C-15, An Act Respecting the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
“The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples is the framework for reconciliation at all levels and across all sectors of Canadian society.” – Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, Principles of Reconciliation, Principle # 1. Parliament has an historic ...
17 November 2020
November 17, 2020
NAWL signs joint letter to the Prime Minister and Minister Freeland re: Taskforce on Women and the Economy
The Right Honourable Justin Trudeau Prime Minister The Honourable Chrystia Freeland Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance House of Commons Ottawa, ON K1A 0A6 Re: Action Plan on Women in the Economy Taskforce Dear Prime Minister Trudeau and Minister Freeland, The ...
5 October 2020
October 5, 2020
NAWL co-signed a letter dated October 5, 2020 to Premier Legault on the death of Joyce Echaquan
Dear Premier, We are writing to you to express our outrage as leaders of feminist movements throughout Canada on the death of Joyce Echaquan, an Atikamekw woman who was the mother of seven children and a cherished family and community member. We ...
18 September 2020
September 18, 2020
Joint letter by Feminist Groups including NAWL to Minister Freeland, calling for her to host a roundtable with Women’s Rights organizations and feminist leaders as part of the net federal budget consultations
The Honourable Chrystia Freeland Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance House of Commons Ottawa, ON K1A 0A6 Re: Roundtable with women’s rights and equality-seeking organizations for Federal Budget 2021 Dear Minister Freeland, In this unprecedented moment in history, federal budget priorities ...
20 August 2020
August 20, 2020
NAWL letter to the Prime Minister and Minister of Justice on SCC nominations
NAWL letter to the Prime Minister and Minister of Justice dated August 20, 2020, calling for the nomination of women and/or men who are Indigenous, Black, racialized, and/or from other equality seeking communities, to fill the two forthcoming Ontario vacancies on the ...
12 August 2020
August 12, 2020
Open letter to the Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister of Canada: There is no time like the present to build a pan-Canadian system of child care
Now is the time to lay the groundwork for the construction of a system of child care, as you promised Canadians in the last federal election. You and other federal ministers have publicly acknowledged the importance and centrality of child care. In ...
7 July 2020
July 7, 2020
NAWL signs letter on the use of a restorative approach to an inquiry into the Nova Scotia mass shooting
We write to you as directors and leaders of organizations across Canada that work to eliminate or reduce domestic violence, sexualized violence, and other gender based violence. We were shocked to see media reports that the launch of an inquiry into the ...
22 May 2020
May 22, 2020
Canada must protect the rights of sex workers during COVID-19 by ensuring access to emergency income supports
Thank you for your steadfast commitment to women’s rights and gender equality, including your prompt action to mobilize funding to address the gendered impacts of the pandemic. We write at this time to urge that—further to your mandate to ensure that GBA+ ...
19 May 2020
May 19, 2020
Letter sent by NAWL to the Prime Minister from women’s rights and equality seeking groups on feminist policy making in the context of COVID-19
It is clear that the COVID-19 pandemic has far-reaching and long-term gendered impacts. Women are front and centre when it comes to the impacts of and responses to the pandemic. From increased risk of violence in abusive homes under lockdown to expanded ...
