15 April 1998
April 15, 1998
Final Report on Court-Related Harassment and Family Law “Justice”: A Review of the Literature & Analysis of Case Law
Prepared by Sandra A. Goundry in association with the Vancouver Association of Women and the Law, this reports provides a useful overview of court-related harassment in the family justice system. The report examines the sources of court-related harassment, provides an analysis of ...
1 March 1998
March 1, 1998
The Child Support Guidelines: A NAWL Response to the Federal Child Support Guidelines
NAWL’s Response to the Federal Child Support Guidelines provides recommendations and general comments regarding the proposed amendments to the Divorce Act. While supporting the objectives of the Child Support Guidelines, NAWL urges the government to ensure that the guidelines and their application ...
1 March 1998
March 1, 1998
Family Mediation in Canada: Implications for Women’s Equality
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7 October 1996
October 7, 1996
Midwifery in Canada
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1 October 1996
October 1, 1996
The Child Support Guidelines: A NAWL Response to Amendments to the Divorce Act and to the Working Draft of the Federal Child Support Guidelines
While supporting the Bill, NAWL points out some major areas for reform; most notably, some of the amounts are too low, and regular updating is essential. The Guidelines were put in place to reduce uncertainties and to help ensure that child support ...
1 January 1996
January 1, 1996
Discriminatory Uses of Personal Records in Sexual Violence Cases: Notes for Sexual Assault Counsellors on the Supreme Court of Canada’s Decisions in R v O’Connor and LLA v AB
The paper is designed to be of use to women in sexual assault centres who are likely to be faced with subpoenas to produce personal records. It also gives a useful summary of the two Supreme Court cases that represent current law ...
13 May 1995
May 13, 1995
Marriage as an Instrument of Oppression in Aboriginal Communities
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1 March 1995
March 1, 1995
Economic Security for Farm Women: A Discussion Paper
This discussion paper analyzes barriers to equality for farm women and identifies action strategies to promote farm women’s legal rights and economic security. It examines matrimonial property law, land ownership, inheritance succession, social and other services, farm debt, income tax, farm financing, ...
1 September 1994
September 1, 1994
Fairness in Family Law
This study by the Manitoba Association of Women and the Law analyses 146 Manitoba cases from January 1988 through June 1992 in which child or spousal support was an issue. It shows that gender bias results in unfairness to women after divorce ...
1 May 1994
May 1, 1994
Lost Earning Capacity Under the Divorce Act: Fact or Fiction?
A response to critiques of the trilogy of Ontario decisions: Ormerod, Charbonneau and Elliot. ...
1 December 1993
December 1, 1993
Creating Diversity on the Bench
NAWL addressed the lack of diversity on the bench, the effect of the status quo on women, and examines ways to achieve diversity in judicial appointments. ...
20 February 1993
February 20, 1993
Women and the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
The Honourable Bertha Wilson’s keynote address to NAWL’s Tenth Biennial Conference Healing the Past, Forming the Future. ...
1 December 1992
December 1, 1992
NAWL’s Response to the British Columbia Ministry of Equality’s Pay Equity Proposals of July 17, 1992
Comments on British Columbia’s proposals for implementing pay equity in that province. ...
1 July 1992
July 1, 1992
Bill C-80 and Related Measures
NAWL’s response to the Department of Health and Welfare’s White Paper, “The Child Benefit: A White Paper on Canada’s New Integrated Child Tax Benefit”. Submitted to the Parliamentary Committee studying Bill C-80. ...
1 March 1991
March 1, 1991
Gender Equality in the Courts: Criminal Law
This report canvasses the issue of gender unfairness in the Canadian legal system. Using case law analysis of selected Manitoban and some national decisions in the area of criminal law, the study adopts a victim’s perspective. ...
23 February 1991
February 23, 1991
Women’s Work is Never … Done, Paid, Valued, or … Finished
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22 February 1991
February 22, 1991
The Feminization of Poverty
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1 February 1991
February 1, 1991
Women and Tax Policy
This document was a background paper for the NAWL conference on the Feminization of Poverty. ...
1 February 1991
February 1, 1991
Labour Law’s Little Sister: The Employment Standards Act and the Feminization of Labour
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1 February 1991
February 1, 1991
Workshop on Limits of the System: Women in Family Law – Procedural Issues in Family Law and Client Services
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