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 ...
24 March 2003
March 24, 2003
Restorative Justice in Nova Scotia: Women’s Experience and Recommendations
Restorative Justice in Nova Scotia: Women’s Experience and Recommendations La justice réparatrice en Nouvelle-Écosse: le vécu et les recommandations des femmes Restorative justice processes have been contemplated as a potential improvement on the failures of the existing criminal justice system to deal ...
17 March 2003
March 17, 2003
Information Sheets for the 2003 National Roundtable on Women and Politics / Fiches d’informati
Information Sheets for the 2003 National Roundtable on Women and Politics Fiches d’information pour la Table ronde sur les femmes et la politique 2003 Information on women’s access to political office, who is represented in the House of Commons, electoral systems, and ...
12 March 2003
March 12, 2003
The Context for a National Roundtable on Women and Politics in 2003 / Le contexte de notre Table ron
The Context for a National Roundtable on Women and Politics in 2003 Le contexte de notre Table ronde sur les femmes et la politique 2003 The goal of the National Roundtable on Women and Politics 2003 is to consult with diverse women ...
4 March 2003
March 4, 2003
Pay Equity and Access to Justice: UN Tells Canada to Act on Women’s Rights / Équité salarial
Pay Equity and Access to Justice: UN Tells Canada to Act on Women’s Rights Équité salariale et accès à la justice: l’ONU presse le Canada d’agir en faveur des droits des femmes OTTAWA – The United Nations Committee on the Elimination of ...
17 February 2003
February 17, 2003
Transgender Human Rights and Women’s Substantive Equality / L’égalité réelle pour les femmes
Transgender Human Rights and Women’s Substantive Equality L’égalité réelle pour les femmes et les personnes transgenres The aim of this discussion paper is to engage equality advocates on specific questions of relevance to law reform initiatives pertaining to the relation between transgender ...
16 February 2003
February 16, 2003
Coalition of Stolen Sisters
NAWL is a member of the National Coalition for our Stolen Sisters, led by the Native Women’s Association of Canada. To date, other member organizations include the Canadian Research Institute on the Advancement of Women (CRIAW), Womenspace, the Canadian Federation of University ...
16 February 2003
February 16, 2003
Walsh v. Bona
Releasing its decision in Walsh v. Bona on December 19, 2002, the majority of the Supreme Court of Canada ruled that it is not discriminatory for the Nova Scotia Matrimonial Property Act (MPA) to exclude common law couples from the definition of ...
16 February 2003
February 16, 2003
What’s Next: Recommendations from the Kim Rogers Inquest
December 2002 was a most significant month for women’s equality seeking organizations. The Supreme Court of Canada released three important decisions (Gosselin, Walsh, and Chamberlain, the federal government tabled Bill C-22 in the House of Commons, proposing major changes to the Divorce ...
16 February 2003
February 16, 2003
Surrey Book Banning Case
“Tolerance is always age-appropriate,” Supreme Court rules. Egale Canada delighted at victory for diverse families in the classroom Egale Canada reacted with delight at the release of the Supreme Court decision in the Surrey Book Banning case. By a 7-2 majority, Canada’s ...
16 February 2003
February 16, 2003
Majority Embraces Stereotype of Poor
There are good news elements in the Supreme Court of Canada’s decision in Gosselin v. Québec (Attorney General). Justice Arbour has written an important and fresh decision on section 7, finding that it creates a positive obligation on governments to deal with ...
16 February 2003
February 16, 2003
From Custody and Access to Parental Responsibilities? What Does Bill C-22 Offer to Women and Childre
In December 2002, the federal Minister of Justice introduced Bill C-22. If enacted, the Bill will significantly change the child custody and access provisions of the Divorce Act. Women’s groups, including NAWL, have long called for changes to the Divorce Act to ...
16 February 2003
February 16, 2003
CEDAW Review
Dear Friends, Canadian women’s organizations set the agenda for the review by the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women of Canada’s 5th report. The national report, prepared by the Feminist Alliance for International Action (FAFIA), and the B.C. ...
19 December 2002
December 19, 2002
The Gosselin Decision: A Divided Court
The Gosselin Decision: A Divided Court L’arrêt Gosselin: une cour divisée OTTAWA – The National Association of Women and the Law (NAWL) is extremely disappointed by the majority ruling of the Supreme Court of Canada in Gosselin v. the Attorney General of ...
1 December 2002
December 1, 2002
NAWL’s Recommendations to the Pay Equity Task Force
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24 November 2002
November 24, 2002
A Mandate of Equality: Women and Electoral Reform
Pursuing electoral reform is an important issue for equality-seeking women in Canada, and is the main focus of the following paper. The limitations of the current First Past the Post (FPP) electoral structure will be examined from the perspective of the Canadian ...
25 October 2002
October 25, 2002
Reforms to Custody and Access / Réformes à la garde et l’accès
Reforms to Custody and Access Réformes à la garde et l’accès When the Minister of Justice announced his intention to introduce changes to the Divorce Act, he considered abandoning the concepts of custody and access in favour of notions such as “shared ...
16 October 2002
October 16, 2002
Claire L’Heureux-Dubé Fund for Social Justice
Madame Justice Claire L’Heureux-Dubé has been a critical leader in the development of equality jurisprudence in Canada and internationally and a tireless advocate of social justice for all Canadians. To mark her retirement from the Supreme Court of Canada, to celebrate her ...
16 October 2002
October 16, 2002
Reinventing Globalization and the Power of Positive Thinking
If there was one message that came strongly out of the Association for Women’s Rights in Development Conference in Guadalajara, Mexico, it is that feminists worldwide need to start putting forth concrete and implementable alternatives to the current neo-liberal globalization model. While ...
16 October 2002
October 16, 2002
Where is the Government Going on Custody and Access?
In the September 30th Throne Speech, the Chrétien government announced that the Divorce Act would be amended to better promote the best interest of the child, unified family courts would be expanded, and mediation and counselling would be encouraged in lieu of ...
