14 October 2003
October 14, 2003
UN Special Rapporteur Visits Canada, 15-26 September 2003
Cet article est disponible uniquement en anglais. At the invitation of the Canadian government, the Special Rapporteur of the UN Commission on Human Rights, Mr. Doudou Diene, visited Canada from 15-26 September 2003. During his stay, the former Senegalese diplomat and UNESCO ...
14 October 2003
October 14, 2003
Commentary on Canada (Attorney General) v. Lesiuk
Cet article est disponible uniquement en anglais. Before becoming known by a section 15 Charter case bearing her name, Kelly Lesiuk was a registered nurse, and worked part-time in Brandon, Manitoba. She and her husband had a small child, and she was ...
14 October 2003
October 14, 2003
Bill C-22: Update
Cet article est disponible uniquement en anglais. NAWL’s ongoing work in the area of custody and access has been focused on Bill C-22, An Act to Amend the Divorce Act, since Justice Minister Martin Cauchon introduced it into the House of Commons ...
14 October 2003
October 14, 2003
The American Convention on Human Rights is Part of the “Regional Solution”
Cet article est disponible uniquement en anglais. The Preamble to the Declaration of the Summit of the Americas, adopted by the heads of state in Quebec City in 2001, calls on all the states to commit to full respect for human rights ...
14 October 2003
October 14, 2003
The Struggle for Equality in the Job Market Goes On: CHRC declines to enforce Supreme Court order against CN
Cet article est disponible uniquement en anglais. In 1984, in response to a complaint filed by Action travail des femmes (ATF), the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal (CHRT) ordered Canadian National Railways (CN) to put an end to its discriminatory practices against women ...
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 ...
14 October 2003
October 14, 2003
World March of Women Plans Worldwide Action in 2005
Cet article est disponible uniquement en anglais. The World March of Women (WMW) is a global network for feminist action that had its genesis in the Quebec women’s movement. WMW focuses on struggles against poverty and violence against women. In 2000, the ...
29 July 2003
July 29, 2003
A Plan of Action Against Racism
Canada has constitutional and international human rights obligations to prevent racism, protect racialized groups and redress the negative impact of racist laws and policies. In light of these commitments, NAWL wrote to the Minister of Heritage Canada to find out what plan ...
16 July 2003
July 16, 2003
Bill C-22, An Act to Amend the Divorce Act
Bill C-22 proposed amendments to the Divorce Act that could have a huge impact on women’s lives as well as on those of their families. NAWL wrote to Minister of Justice in French and to the Standing Committee on Justice and Human ...
14 July 2003
July 14, 2003
Custody and Access: An Update on Bill C-22
On February 2003, Bill C-22, An Act Amending the Divorce Act was debated in the Second Reading in the House of Commons, and sent to the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights. In March, the Committee invited the Minister of Justice ...
14 July 2003
July 14, 2003
Reaffirming the Indivisibility of Human Rights at the Roundtable on Women and Politics 2003
Supported by an Advisory Committee of activists and academics with diverse experiences and expertise, the National Association of Women and the Law convened, on March 22-23, a dialogue with 40 women for its Roundtable on Women and Politics 2003 at the symbolic ...
14 July 2003
July 14, 2003
National Consultation on Transgender and Women’s Substantive Equality
NAWL organized a national consultation on transgender and women’s substantive equality rights, held in Ottawa on February 22 and 23, 2003. The consultation drew representatives from rape crisis centres, women’s equality-seeking groups, unions, government, transgender and transsexual (trans) advocates, and other interested ...
14 July 2003
July 14, 2003
The Live-In Caregiver Program: Inequality Under Canada’s Immigration System
The Live-in Caregiver Program (LCP) is a specialized program of Citizenship and Immigration Canada, which admits participants to Canada as temporary workers for up to three years. In exchange for completing 24 months of care giving work for children, the elderly, or ...
14 July 2003
July 14, 2003
The Impact of the Anti-Terrorism Act
In the aftermath of the horrifying events of 9/11, the government of Canada introduced Bill C-36. It was far-reaching: an omnibus bill, cobbled together in haste while the country was still in a state of shock and crisis, bordering on hysteria. As ...
14 July 2003
July 14, 2003
Same-Sex Hearings
At the hearings held in Sudbury on April 9, 2003, NAWL appeared before the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights to present our views on the question of whether the federal government should recognize same-sex marriages. We urged the committee members ...
14 July 2003
July 14, 2003
Agency and Urgency: An Advocacy Project on the Defence of Provocation
As a student of Women’s Studies, a worker at a shelter for abused women and a black woman who witnessed violence in my life, I believe the Provocation Defence is a blatant injustice to women. Honourable Minister, our beloved country has fought ...
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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