Jurisfemme

Jurisfemme was a bilingual newsletter that the National Association of Women and the Law published quarterly until 2007. Production was historically done through the national office and the themes varied from year to year. Articles published were presented to generate discussion and do not necessarily correspond exactly with NAWL policy.

volumes since 1977

The Protection of Family Assets in Quebec – Marie-Claire Belleau
In Defense of the Court Challenges Program – Margaret Denike
Campus Cocktails with NAWL – Chi Nguyen, Jackie Steele and Sam Hendrickson
Building for NAWL’s Future: Staying Alive in 2007 – Tracy Fenton
Childcare Benefits – Natalie Groen
Challenging the Nuclear Family, Protecting Lesbian Mothers: a legal catch-22 – Fiona Kelly
Assisted Human Reproduction Act Update – Maneesha Deckha
Mothering in Law: Defending Women’s Rights in 2007 – Chi Nguyen
Improving Maternity and Parental Benefits – Rachel Cox
An Update on Pay Equity – Sue Genge
On Trafficking for the Purpose of Sexual Exploitation – Chantal Tie
Braving the Backlash From the Hill – Samantha Hendrickson
The Broken Promises of Prime Minister Harper – Andrée Côté

Bonnie: We’ll Miss You! – Margret Denike and Rachel Cox
Section 15 – NAWL/West Coast LEAF 20th Anniversary Conference – Kim Brooks
Urgent Action Fund – Amy LaBorde
Women’s Global Charter for Humanity – Nancy Burrows and Brigitte Verdière
Government Inaction on Pay Equity – Andrée Côté
Coalition for Women’s Equality Makes Encouraging Progress – Charlotte Thibault
Supreme Court Decision Gives Some Mothers Reason to Celebrate – Lorna Turnbull
Ontario: One Family Law for All – Alia Hogben

An Open Letter Opposing the Use of Arbitration & Faith-Based Tribunals in Family Law in Ontario – Andrée Côté
Marriage, Homophobia, and Substantive Equality – Margaret Denike
At The Heart of Human Rights: A campaign for a Pay Equity Law – Patricia Harewood
Balancing Budgets on the backs of women: Pay Equity Post-NAPE – Suzeanne Bouclin
Canada’s Commitment to Equality: A Gender Analysis of the Last 10 Federal Budgets – Canadian Feminist Alliance For International Action (FAFIA)
NAWL Charitable Trust Essay Competition: Congratulations!
Working Together for Women on Parliament Hill – Bonnie Diamond

Jurisdiction of Maternity and Parental Benefits Lies with the Provinces – Rachel Cox
LEAF and Women’s Economic Equality Rights: Reflections on a Pay Equity Case and an Equality-Rights Conference – Fiona Sampson
Law Students Research Legal Aid – Andrée Côté
Women’s Voices in the Struggle for Family Law Legal Aid: A Matter of Justice – Alison Brewin
Pay Attention to Pay Inequity – Patricia Harewood
Should Feminists Care About Equal Marriage for Same-Sex Couples? – Karen Busby
Women’s Rights and Freedoms: 20 Years (In) Equality: NAWL & West Coast LEAF National Conference
How a Wee Campaign Nudged a Law of Science – Pam Kapoor
The Arbitrariness of Ontario’s Arbitration Act: Examining the Impact on Women – Natasha Bakht

Dear Prime Minister…. – Coalition for Women’s Equality
WFF Campaign 2004 Is On!
Legal Aid in Nova Scotia – Pamela Rubin
Race(ing) Family Law?: The Challenges – Zara Suleman
Disability and Family Law – Jean Pauls
Sharia as Family Law in Canada? – Alia Hogben
Common Law Partnerships and Marital Property: Time for a Change? – Karen Busby
Bill C-22: Where Now? – Pamela Cross

How Fair is the MBM to Women? – Andrée Côté
UN Special Rapporteur Visits Canada, 15-26 September 2003 – Marlène D. Balthazar
Commentary on Canada (Attorney General) v. Lesiuk – Kerri A. Froc
Bill C-22: Update – Pamela Cross
The American Convention on Human Rights is Part of the “Regional Solution” – Lucie Lamarche
The Struggle for Equality in the Job Market Goes On: CHRC declines to enforce Supreme Court order against CN – Rachel Cox
Addressing Trafficking in Women and Children in Canada – Denise Sayer
World March of Women Plans Worldwide Action in 2005 – Bonnie Diamond

Custody and Access: An Update on Bill C-22 – Andrée Côté
Reaffirming the Indivisibility of Human Rights at the Roundtable on Women and Politics 2003 – Jackie Steele
National Consultation on Transgender and Women’s Substantive Equality – cj rowe
The Live-In Caregiver Program: Inequality Under Canada’s Immigration System – Tami Friesen
The Impact of the Anti-Terrorism Act – Anu Bose
Same-Sex Hearings – Margaret Denike
Agency and Urgency: An Advocacy Project on the Defence of Provocation – Linda Briskin, Louise Hamelin, Christina J. Hollingshead, michelle elle pettis and Elizabeth Taylor

Winners of the NAWL’s Trust 16th Essay Competition
Coalition of Stolen Sisters – Bonnie Diamond
Walsh v. Bona – Lara J. Morris
What’s Next: Recommendations from the Kim Rogers Inquest – Kim Brooks
Surrey Book Banning Case
Majority Embraces Stereotype of Poor – Shelagh Day
From Custody and Access to Parental Responsibilities? What Does Bill C-22 Offer to Women and Children? – Susan B. Boyd
CEDAW Review – Shelagh Day

Claire L’Heureux-Dubé Fund for Social Justice
Reinventing Globalization and the Power of Positive Thinking – Jackie F. Steele
Where is the Government Going on Custody and Access? – Andrée Côté
Book Review: Susan B. Boyd – Child Custody, Law, And Women’s Work – Mary Jane Mossman
Pay Equity: Required Changes In Federal Jurisdictions – Louise Aucoin
CAEFS Human Rights Consultation – Kecia Podetz
Canadian Journal of Women and the Law
First Nations Governance Act: Same Old Indian Agent Mentality – Terri Brown
Civil Union and the New Filiation Rules in Quebec: from Ignorance to the Legal Recognition of the Homoparental Family – Marie-France Bureau
Finding Answers: The Kimberly Rogers Inquest – Kim Brooks

Meet the Board – Marlène Dubuisson Balthazar
National Association of Women and the Law Conference 2002 Resolutions
Hats Off to Claire L’Heureux-Dubé – Bonnie Diamond
“Bridging Visions” of Law and Art for Women, the Family and the State – cj fleury
Confidential Records and Sexual Assault Complainants post-Mills: Still Vulnerable? – Lise Gotell
World Conference Against Racism: New Obligations to Remedy Racism – Dr. Liz Philipose
Test-Case Litigation, Social and Economic Rights, and the American Convention on Human Rights: What Difference can it Make? – Reem Bahdi
The UN Declaration on the Elimination of Violence Against Women and the Inter-American Convention on the Prevention, Punishment and Eradication of Violence Against Women – Isabelle Solon Helal
Mothers as Secondary Defendants in Child Sexual Abuse Claims – Denise Réaume and Shauna Van Praagh
Workshop on Transgender Human Rights and Women’s Substantive Equality – Margaret Denike
The Struggle for Pay Equity in New Brunswick – Louise Aucoin
Minority Women, Family Law and the State – Merav Shmueli
W(h)ither Motherhood, W(h)ither Feminism: Child Custody Law Reform – Susan B. Boyd
Conference Overview – Bonnie Diamond
NAWL’s 14th Biennial Conference: Women, the Family and the State: Opening Address – Chantal Tie

The Canadian Gender and Trade Consultation – Nancy Peckford
Bill C-36: The Anti-terrorism Act – Andrée Côté
Rethinking the Budgeting Process: A Call for Renewed Action – Kim Brooks
Pursuing a Feminist Policy Agenda through Electoral Reform – Nancy Peckford
Equality Coalition to Present Agruments in Brockie Case
Poverty is a Human Rights Violation – Shelagh Day
POSITION AVAILABLE: Trustee for the National Association of Women and the Law (NAWL) Charitable Trust for Research and Education
Métis Women and Aboriginal Self-Governance: Entrenching Inequality Through the Devolution of Discrimination – Kathleen A. Lahey
Custody and Access Alert – Andrée Côté
Feminist Perspectives on the Draft Federal Assisted Human Reproduction Act
Draft Bill on Civil Unions: Is the Quebec Government about to Create Separate Equality for Same-Sex Couples and their Children? – Irène Demczuk

Thoughts on the World Conference Against Racism – Catherine Meade
Some Reflections on an International Experience: A Report from the CHRF International Human Rights Training Program – Ros Salvador
The Women’s Economic Equality Project – Leilani Farha and Shelagh Day
Kim Rogers: Death in the Modern Day Pauper’s Prison
Consultation Of Women Anti-Poverty Activists
Women’s Poverty, Women’s Equality: Supreme Court to Rule on one Woman’s Claim to Social and Economic Rights – Rachel Cox and Gwen Brodsky
Spousal Support and Pension Income in the Case of Boston v. Boston – Natalie Venslovaitis
Late Breaking News – Equal Marriage
In Whose Best Interests? – Pamela Cross
Lessons Learned from Family Law — The Proposed Presumption in Favour of Shared Parenting – Martha McCarthy
Women Launch Declaration Against War and Racism, for Peace and Justice – Canadian Women’s March Committee

Winners of NAWL’s Trust 14th Essay Competition
Twelve Good Reasons to Oppose Granting Criminal Immunity to Police – Liz Sheehy
Rape Shield Provisions Upheld – Cynthia Devine
Update on the Pamela Jean George Case – Diane Rowe
The Women’s Economic Equality Project – Leilani Farha
Same-Sex Marriage – CJ Rowe and Ros Salvador
On Losing Lesbian Rights – Andrée Côté
Custody and Access Project in Ontario – Marsha Sfeir
Bringing Beijing + 5 Home to Canada: What Was the Beijing + 5 Process About? – Suki Beavers
Political Parity and the Charter of Rights – Andrée Côté
Student Internship at NAWL – Nancy Peckford
Students’ Work with NAWL: Trans. What? – C. J. Rowe
The Year 2000 Women’s March – the TFFCPO was there! – Ghislaine Sirois
The National Women’s Lobby Interim Report to Canadian Women, October 15-17, 2000 – Nancy Peckford
Women’s Election Website – Bonnie Diamond
The Not-So-Mini-Budget – NAWL Finance Working Group

NAWL’s 13th Biennial Conference – Equality: The Challenge of the New Millennium: Transforming Legal Victories into Practical Gains for Women: Keynote Address – Bonnie Diamond
Conference Overview
The Road to Restorative Justice: Getting From Here to There – Kim Pate and Viola Thomas
New Divorce Act: Creature of the Fathers Rights Movement – Susan Boyd and Nancy Drewitt
The Sex Trade: Experience and Solutions – Nicole MacKay and Samantha Smyth
Equality Issues for Women with Disabilities – Doreen Demas, Kathy Marshall and Corinne Younie
Mediation’s Impact on Women’s Equality – Patricia Blocksom, Judge Nancy Flatters and Ruth Lee Taylor
Challenging Privilege and Recognizing Assumptions – Monika Chappell and Pauline Rankin
Sexual Abuse: Victim Access & Disclosure – Nicole Tellier and Jennifer Koshan
Is There Justice for Girls? – Cathy Lane, Bina Border, Kim Pate and Lisa Neve
How Legal Aid Funding Cuts are Hurting Women – Suzanne Parkinson and Céline Pelletier
Economics and Equality: As One Goes Up, Does The Other? – Shelagh Day
The Impact of the Tac System on Women’s Equality – Kim Brooks and Claire Young
Blazing Trails in the NWT: Women Exploring Leadership Possibilities – Rosemary Cairns and Sandy Lee
Rural and Farm Women – Laura-Marie Doenz, Carolyn McDonald, Pam Heavy Head and Shauna McCarthy
First Nations: Images of the Past – Connie Deiter and Muriel Stanley Venne
The Increased Criminalization of Women – Sharon McIvor, Kim Pate and Lisa Neve
The Gendered Dimension of Immigration: Past and Present – Chantal Tie, Andrée Côté and Sharryn Aiken
The State of Canadian Family Law: What’s a Lesbian to do? – Martha McCarthy and Sandra Sebree
NAWL National Steering Committee (NSC) 2000-2002
Hats Off to Equality Supports NAWL – Bonnie Diamond

NAWL Shares Communications Skills with Women in China – Bonnie Diamond
News from the Nova Scotia Caucus: The Frances Fish Award for Women Lawyers – Chantal Richard
Protecting Women’s Equality Rights: Refugee Determination – Chantal Tie
Budget 2000: Entering a New Millennium ?
Speaking Your Mother Tongue: Language as a Women’s Issue – Rachel Cox
CHRA Review Panel About to Submit Report – Rachel Cox
New Brunswick (Minister of Health and Community Services) v. G. (J.), [1999] S.C.J. No. 47 (QL) – Case Comment – Jane Anweiler
25th Anniversary Profile: Carole Curtis – Ariella Hostetter
Donating Stocks to the NAWL Trust – Geri Moss-Norbury
The Importance of Respecting the Substantive Equality Rights of Lesbians NAWL’s presentation to the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights, Bill C-23 – Andrée Côté

Silver and Still Surging: 25 Years of NAWL – Carolyn Rowe
Women’s Work is Never Done! – Bonnie Diamond
Volunteer Traditions: From Kay Marshall to Naomi Szigeti – Ariella Hostetter
Equality Counts: The Supreme Court Speaks – Bonnie Diamond and Andrée Côté
Canadian Human Rights Act Review: Women’s Equality Rights in the New Millenium – Rachel Cox
Custody and Access – Bonnie Diamond and Sherrie Tingley
About The Canadian Feminist Alliance for International Action (FAFIA)
Stone, Provocation and the “Nagging Wife” – Andrée Côté
The Impact of Taxing Families – Kim Brooks
Women’s Future Fund Launched – Darlene Jamieson

NAWL Celebrates 25 Years of Equality Advocacy – Darlene Jamieson
The 1999 Budget: Not a Lot to Celebrate – Kim Brooks
Optional Protocol to the Women’s Convention Adopted – Margot Young
Gender Analysis of Canada’s Immigration Legislation – Jennifer Curran
In Pursuit of Justice – Kelly Scaglione and Leanne Wight
NAWL Calls for Judicial Council Inquiry into Judge McClung’s Conduct
NAWL’s Comings and Goings

“No Life Like It”: Access to Justice and the Canadian Armed Forces – Terry D. Hancock
NAWL Challenges Legal Aid Policy in Court – Lisa Addario
Midas Touch or Fool’s Gold? Comments on an Inquiry into Recovered Memory Convictions – Connie M. Kristiansen and Katharine D. Kelly
Circle Sentencing – Michelle McLean
NAWL Calls for Fair Placement of Women Classified as Maximum Security – Bonnie Diamond
Jane Doe: A Victory For Women … But The Struggle Still Continues – Norlanda Joseph

NAWL’s 12th Biennial Conference – The Changing Face of Equality: Keynote Address – Justice Claire L’Heureux-Dubé
Conference Overview
Civil Legal Aid – Lisa Addario and Cari Patterson
Day for Women of Colour & Aboriginal Women – Diane Row, Charla Williams and Catherine Meade
Panel Discussion – Valerie Miller, April Burey, Evangeline Cain-Grant and Gloria Christmas
Winners of NAWL’s Trust 11th Essay Competition
Human Rights Update: Redress for Discrimination – Viki Samuels-Stewart, Norma Won and Janet Stevenson
Aboriginal Women – Viola Robinson and Janet Stevenson
Web, Internet and Justice Issues – Teresa Scassa, Carolyn Smith, Scarlett Pollock and Marie Paturel
Criminalization of Pregnant Women – Karen Busby, Diana Ginn and Elaine Wright
Violence Against Women – Donna Franey and Susan MacKay
Canada Health & Social Transfer – Jeanne Fay, Verma Thomas, Carolann Wright and Louise Shaughnessy
Lesbians and Legal Issues – Lara Morris, Marie Paturel and Maureen Shebib
Women of Colour and Aboriginal Women – Heidi Marshall, April Burey and Shawna Hoyle
Women Deans of Law: Furthering the Aims of Feminism – Anne Warner La Forest, Sandra Rodgers, Dr. Juanita Westmoreland-Traoré, Dr. Peggy Hansell and Janet Stevenson
The Expanding and Evolving Field of Sexual Assault Law: New Rights, Remedies and Obstacles for Survivors – Nicole Tellier Freya Kristjanson, Diane Oleskiw, Susan Vella and Elizabeth K.P. Grace
Child Support Guidelines – Flora Bucham, Mary Jane Mossman, Murielle Brazeau and Brenda Pate
Women Faculty: Promoting Feminist Analysis of the Law – Carol Aylward, Sheila MacIntyre, Adelle Blackett and Julie Vandervoort
Women in Prison – Kim Pate, Rhonda Crawford, Diane Shea and Shawna Hoyte
Production of Records: Who’s on Trial? – Anne Derrick and Lee Lakeman
Moving from Coping to Creating – Donna Neff, Julie Vandervoort and Catherine Meade
Young Women in Conflict with the Law – Yvonne Hanson, Yvonne Mansour, Mona Lynch, Patricia Doyle-Bedwell and Marie Paturell
Claiming the Right to use French in the Courtrooms of Mostly Anglophone Provinces – Annette Boucher, Michelle Caron, Elizabeth Grace and Betty Dugas

Carosella Provides Impetus for Movement on Disclosure Bill – Diane Oleskiw and Nicole Tellier
Announcement for NAWL’s 12th Biennial Conference – Access to Justice for Women: The Changing Face of Inequality
M.(A.) v. Ryan Offers New Guidelines on Records Disclosure in Civil Assault Cases – Susan M. Vella
Legislative Update on Child Support Guidelines
Czech-Canadian Seminar on the Legal Status of Women
Winners of NAWL’s Trust 10th Essay Competition

NAWL Responds to NRGT Legislation
News from the NSC – Darlene Jamieson
Caucus News and Views (University of Toronto Women and the Law, University of Western Ontario Caucus of Women & the Law)
Legislative Update – Diane Oleskiw and Nicole Tellier
NAWL Funded to Research Civil Legal Aid
Feminist Research Project on Women and Mediation
NAWL Presentation to CBA Task Force on Racism in the Legal Profession

Cuts to Legal Aid: Women Stand to lose the Most – Lisa Addario
News from the National Steering Committee
Conference Highlights – Redefining Family Law: The Challenge of Diversity
Bill C-72: The Government Response to the Drunkenness Defence
Gun Control
Consultation with Allan Rock on Violence Against Women
TACWL Supports Privacy Rights Concerning Records in Sexual Assault Cases – Danielle Szandtner and Susan Vella

Racism in the Criminal Justice System – Lisa Addario
News from the National Steering Committee – Roz Currie
For the Record: What the Liberals Have Promised
Changes to Young Offenders Act Discussed
Monreal Symposium on False Memory Syndrome
Report from the Regions
CRIAW Paper No. 31 – Feminist Engagement with the Law: The Legal Recognition of the Battered Woman Syndrome – Reviewed by Sandra F. Sellens

NAWL’s 10th Biennial Conference: Healing the Past, Forming the Future – Bertha Wilson
Conference Overview – Sandra Sellens
A Word on the Conference
Healing the Feminist Movement (Tanis Doe, Mary Eaton, Chandra Budhu and Lynette Mensah) – Susan Adams
Women in the Legal Profession (Joan Brockman, Heather Raven, Cornelia Soberano and Catherine Bruce) – Jacinta Lawton
Women and Free Trade (Leslie Muir, Jean Swanson, Miriam Palacios, Marjorie Cohen and Judy Rebick) – Emi Péch
Lobbying for Women’s Health Care (Raine McKay, Madeline Boscoe, Anne Johns and Marie Christine Kirouack) – Katherine Miller
Criminal Justice from Aboriginal Perspectives (Elsie Zion, Lee Maracle and Christine Deom) – Michelle Frey
Pay Equity (Anita Braha, Mary Rowies, Senka Dukovich and Mary-Woo Sims) – Yuki Matsumo
Women of Colour Strategies: Part 1 (Punam Khosia, Carolyn Jerome, Zara Suleman and Eun-Sook Lee) – Bindi Sandhu
Women of Colour Strategies: Part 2 (Lynne Wanyeki, Carolyn Jerome, Zara Suleman and Eun-Sook Lee) – Phyllis P. Chow
Battered Women: Custody and Access (Susan Burak, Ajax Quinby, Nancy Drewitt, Ruth Lee Taylor and Lorraine Stick) – Kirsten Coe
Appointment of Judges: Creating Diversity (Lynn Smith, Deborah Hanly and Mary Eaton) – Phyllis P. Chow
Sexual Assault Laws and Feminist Law Reform Models (Sheila McIntyre and Shirley Massuda) – Stephanie Hudson
The Corporate Agenda and Women’s Poverty (Pam Fleming, Pat Chauncey, Diane LeClaire and Cecilia Diocson) – Susan Milliken
Aboriginal Justice Systems and Community Healing (Lynn Fraser, Christine Deom, Georgina Sydney, Sandra Greene and Florence Hackett) – Laurie McDowell
Our Bodies, Whose Laws? (Raine McKay, Bonnie Agnew, Helen Turbett, Kim Zander and Anne Daskal) – Emi Péch
Sexual Harassment in the Workplace (Joan Brockman, Anita Braha, Della Garcia and Christina Davidson) – Laurie McDowell
Achieving Self-Government (Lynn Fraser, Teressa Nahanee, Rhonda Johnston and Nancy Sandy) – Michelle Fray
Lesbian Anti-Homophobia Strategies: Creating Diversity (Claire Young, Shirley Masuda, Didi Herman and Davina Cooper) – Monica Chappell
All The News That’s Fit To Print? (Noelle-Dominique Willems, Ginette Busque, Valerie Casselton and Nancy Pollak) – Shelley Browne
Women’s Rights Are Human Rights? (Mary-Woo Sims, Kerry Buck, Jill Pollack, Marie Louise Côté and Chris Kurata) – Bindi Sandhu
Government Commissions and Inquiries (Noelle-Dominique WIllems, Shauna Butterwick, Louise Vandelac, Deborah Hanly and Rita Kholl) – Elena Miller
Anti-Semitism and Feminism (Marlee Kilne, Lynne Pearlman, Davina Cooper and Anna Pellat) – Kirsten Coe
Surviving the System: Battered Women (Joan Meister, Tracy Barker and Diane Sylvain) – Stephanie Hudson
Prisons (Michelle Clarke, Gayle Horil, Sharon McIvor, Bev Folkes and Kim Pate) – Gunilla Mungan
The Constitutional Negotiating Process (Noelle-Dominique Willems, Judy Rebick, Marge Freidel, Teressa Nahnee, Maureen Maloney, Claire Bonenfant and Sharon McIvor) – Stephanie Hudson
Women’s Right to Speak: Section 2 As Both Sword and Shield (Anne Derrick, Kathleen Mahoney and Janine Fuller) – Katherine Miller
Surviving the System: Sexual Assault (Michelle Stanford, Theresa Stowe, Victoria Gray, Dr. Ellen Wiebe and Susan Vella) – Sharon Lindgren
Domestic Workers: Good Enough to Work, Good Enough to Stay (Sheila Jayatissa, Louis Shelton, Audrey Macklin) – Emi Péch
Reproductive Technologies (Madeleine Boscoe, Sari Tudiver, Louise Vandelac, Lynette Mensah and Harriet Simard) – Shelley Browne

False Memory Syndrome: The Latest Defence to Childhood Sexual Abuse Claims – Susan Vella
News from the National Steering Committee – Susan Vella
Rape Trauma Ruled as Disability – Ann Vrlak
KM v HM
Issue Update: Re: Mossop – Louise Shaughnessy
The Canadian Bar Association Task Force on Gender Equality
1993 NAWL Conference Update: “Healing the Past, Forming the Future”
Opportunity: NAWL’s National Steering Committee Needs You!
Caucus News and Views (Nova Scotia Association of Women and the Law – Janice Beaton; Women’s Law Form/NAWL, University of Alberta Caucus – Barb Strange)

Managing Stress in Law School – Josephine Savarese
Announcement – NAWL’s 10th Biennial Conference: “Healing the Past, Forming the Future”
News from the National Steering Committee: “Effecting Equality Through Direct Action” – Susan Vella
Lobbying Update (NAWL Projects, Bill C-49, Court Challenges, Bill C-80, The Constitution)
Mature Female Students as Inspiration – Michele Landsberg
Francophones: Raise Your Voices! – Nicole Girard
Caucus News and Views (Victoria Caucus of Women and the Law – Kim Hart Wensley; Northwestern BC Caucus of Women and the Law – Devora Solem; Vancouver Association of Women and the Law – Rosemary Schipizky)
Notice to Members (Membership List, Voting Eligibility, Caucuses, NAWL Charitable Trust of Research and Education)
Gender and the Law: An Introductory Handbook for Law Students

Bill C-49: The New Rape Law – Roz Currie
From the National Steering Committee: “A Sign of the Times” – Susan Vella
Abused Women Speak Out
Lobbying Update (Court Challenges, Daycare, The Constitution, Bill C-49, Canadian Human Rights Act)
Position Available: Trustee for NAWL Charitable Trust for Research and Education
Consenting to Discrimination – Kathryn E. Thomson
Refugee Women at Risk – Mona Klinger
Winners of NAWL’s Trust 5th Essay Competition
Women and Aging – Reviewed by Wendy Atkin

Supreme Court Strikes Down “Rape-Shield” Law: NAWL Urges Law to Protect Women in Sexual Assault Trials – Roz Currie
From the National Steering Committee: “Equal Partnerships?” – Susan Vella
Canadian Women’s Movement Archives Guide
Issue Update: Child Support Guidelines Subject to Gender Bias
New NSC Member
Gender Equality Symposium Recommends 70 Changes to Justice System – Roz Currie
Caucus News and Views (Vancouver Association of Women and the Law – Sandra Sellens; University of British Columbia Caucus of Women and the Law – Morgan Rea; Calgary Association of Women and the Law – Barbara Janzen; Saskatchewan Association of Women and the Law – Linda Charlton; University of Western Ontario – Karen Sandercock)
Family Law Working Group Tackles Child Support Policy – Sandra Sellens
New Publication Introduces Gender Issues to Law Students
New Membership Fees

An Introduction to the National Steering Committee – Joan Brockman
Thank You to NAWL’s Former National Steering Committee
NAWL’s Conference Highlights the Feminization of Poverty and Accessibility – Susan Vella
Keynote Address: “Women and Poverty: A Time to Develop an Analysis and to Work Together” – Rosemary Brown
Confronting Privilege (Barbara Findlay, Kahn-tineta Horn, Yvonne Peters and Louise Dulude) – Josephine Savarese
Differences and Disparities: Aboriginal Women Speaking on Doorways Out (Patricia Montour, Maggie Hodgeson, Vera Kirkness and Beth Perrott) – Jennifer Harry
Being Old, Being Young, Being Poor (Mary Hill, Maureen Callaghan, Dawn McCarthy and Edna Manitowabi) – Patricia Millar
Access to Health Care (Jeanne Fay, Pat Israel, Maureen Shebib and Homa Asayeh) – Kate Hughes
Racism of Poverty (Gail Mirsa, Mary Pitawanakwat and Marlee Kilne) – Kristen Douglas
Women + Violence = Poverty, Poverty + Violence = Women, Women = Violence and Poverty (Annie Marie Delorey, Bonnie Proven, Victoria Swindell and Lorenne Clark) – Sandra Sellens
Battered By Bureaucracy (Helen Trentos, Barbara Blouin, Christine Deom and Liz Stimpson) – Kathryn Thomson
Reforming Social Assistance Reform (Adelle Blackett, Jean Swanson, Linda Pipke, Felicite Stairs, Jocelyn Martineau and Nancy Vanderplants) – Patricia Millar
Empowerment/Silencing (Lorraine Gauthier and Vuyiswa Keyi) – Karen Hamilton
Law Reform Strategies (Dawn Black and Helena Orton) – Jennifer Harry
“Justice System” (Valerie Hudson, Joanne St. Lewis and Jennie Abell) – Josephine Savarese
Media (Geraldine Finn, Paula Todd and Hilarie McMurray)
Organizing Through Theatre – Alyson Martin
International Perspectives (Annie Bunting, Pura Velasco, Brenda Cossman and Elizabeth Sheehy) – Joan Brockman
Regional Disparities (Betty Harnum, Noreen Johns, Kathy Foristall and Liz Stimpson) – Marie Dyach
The Economics of Poverty (Crystal Buchan, Ruth Rose, Nettie Weibe and Rusty Neil) – Crystal Buchan
Taxation of Women (Susan Vella, Maureen Maloney and Ellen Zweibel) – Holly Penner
Poverty and Prostitution (Mary Loi Dejesus, Marie Arington, Laurie Bell, Sheilagh O’Connell and Felicity Hawthrone) – Karen Hamilton
Substance Abuse (Regena Russell, Vera Martin and Diane Martin) – Jospehine Savarese
Limits of the System: Women in Family Law (Judge Lynn King, Doris Dymny-Power and Carole Curtis) – Kristen Douglas
Housing for Women: Roofs Not Rhetoric (Betty Ann Cox, Toni Williams, Elizabeth Bateman, Judy Oswin and Grace Permaul) – Patricia Millar
Women’s WOrk is Never … Done, Paid, Valued or … Finished (Carrie Gallant, Martha Montour, Judy Fudge, Barbara Neis and Laurell Ritchie) – Patricia Millar
Reproductive Rights (Katherine Arnup, Shelley Gavigan and Anne Derrick) – Kristen Douglas
Lesbian Impoverishment (Michelle DOuglas, Carol Allen, Anita Braha and Lynne Pearlman) – Sandra Benson
Women and the State (Jill Wry, Helene Tessier, Mary Eaton and Lorna Erwin) – Joan Brockman
Family and Forced Poverty (Ann Sherman, Karen Thompson, Brenda Thompson and Darcy Beggs)
Refugee Women (Eva Allmen, Zainab Ali, Anjana Krishna Moorthy and Sindiswa Jwazeia) – Sandra Sellens

NAWL Participates in the Hearings of the Royal Commission on New Reproductive Technologies – Louise Shaughnessy
The Status of the Foetus: A Note on Sullivan and Lemay – Christine Boyle
Mother’s Rights Do Come First – Judy Williams
Remembering December 6 and Those Who Created It – Martin Dufresne
As Wise as Serpents: Five Women and an Organization that Changed British Columbia – Reviewed by Kathryn E. Thomson
Running from the Law: Why Good Lawyers are Getting out of the Legal Profession – Reviewed by Sara E. Pope
Financial Woes After Divorce May Become Financial Crows – Judy Williams
U.N. Summit on Children’s Rights – Shereen Farag
Winners of NAWL’s Trust 4th Essay Competition

The Feminization of Poverty: A NAWL Dialogue – Annie Bunting
Biography for Rosemary Brown, Keynote Speaker at NAWL’s 9th Biennial Conference
Re-Thinking Law and the Feminization of Poverty – Mary Jane Mossman
Disabled Women and the Law: A Summary – Liz Stimpson
Thinking of Becoming a Member of NAWL’s National Steering Committee? – Brigitte Morneault
NAWL’s 9th Biennial Conference – Policy Forming Convention
Caucus Participation at NAWL’s 9th Biennial Conference – Brigitte Morneault

Where We’ve Come From and Where We’re Going – Anita Braha
Comings and Goings: Goodbye Suzanne, Welcome France
The Annette Proulx Case – Andrée Côté
Feminist Refugees: The Osgoode Hall Law School Experience – Susan Vella
Dancing in the Minefields? An Account of the Development of the “Consultative Document on the Interview Process” at the University of Victoria Law School – Crystal Buchan
Legal Academics Assail Ottawa on Proposed Abortion Legislation – Susan Adams
United Nations Begins to Tackle Family Violence – Kristen Douglas
Child Support Guidelines: One Apporach to Child Poverty – Sandra F. Sellens
Report to Members on the Mid-term Meeting – Jennifer Harry
In the Name of the Fathers: The Story Behind Child Custody – Reviewed by Jane Gordon
So, There Are Laws About Sex! – Reviewed by Laura Ford
Legislative Update – Louise Shaughnessy

Women Have No Home in the Three Worlds – Margot Tubman
Evolution of Aboriginal Women in the Justice System – Teressa Nahanee
Disabled Women – Jill Weiss
Spousal Benefits and Same Sex Couples: Fighting Discrimination Based on Sexual Orientation – Mary Bryson
UIC Update – Louise Shaughnessy
Dalkon Shield: The Fight Continues – Laura Ford
NAWL’s Involvement in the National Associations Active in Criminal Justice – Louise Shaughnessy
Kathryn E. Thomson’s Review of “Proving Discrimination in Canada”
Legislative Update – Louise Shaughnessy

Commitment Versus Cutbacks – Anita Braha
Winners of NAWL’s Trust 3rd Essay Competition
When the Law of Men Sets Its Sights on the Womb – Ginette Bastien, Margot Fréchette and Diane Matte
The Chantal Daigle Case – Joanne Loyer
A Dynamic Year for CARAL
Foetal Rights: An Excerpt from a Draft Summary of NAWL’s Response to the Law Reform Commission Working Paper – NAWL’s Working Group on Health and Reproductive Issues
What Do You Want From The Mid-Term Meeting?
NAWL’s Structure (Working Groups, Standing Committees and Services)
Lobbying Strategies: TACWL’s Experience – Nicola Cunningham
Profile on Louise Lamb – Holly Penner
Planning Advisory Committee Report
Kathryn E. Thomson’s Review of “The Supreme Court of Canada Decision on Abortion”
Just To Keep Your Blood Boiling – Susan Adams
The NAWL Charitable Trust for Research and Education
Two Newly Released Videos from the NFB – Gabrielle St-Hillaire

Get the Budget on Track! – Suzanne Chartrand
Announcement for the 1st Persons Day Gala
More on Gender Equality – Holly Penner
Women Graduate from the University of Saskatchewan College of Law – Josephine Savarese
How to Reconcile Professional and Familial Responsibilities: A Report Commissioned by the “Association du Jeune Barreau de Montréal” – Brigitte Morneault
NAWL’s Strength: Our Membership – Susan De Rosa
Membership Strategy 1989-1991: Numbers, Numbers, Numbers – Karen E. Hamilton
Legislative and Lobbying Update – Louise Shaughnessy
Great Build-Up: Weak Conclusion – Reva Landau’s Review of “Pornography and the Sex Crisis”
Highlights of the Working Groups – Louise Shaughnessy
Caucus Update (Prince Edward Island Caucus of Women and the Law; Nova Scotia Association of Women and the Law; Dalhousie Association of Women and the Law; University of New Brunswick Women and the Law; Caucus des femmes et le droit de l’Université de Moncton; Newfoundland Caucus of Women and the Law; Northwest B.C. NAWL Caucus; University of British Columbia Caucus of Women and the Law; Vancouver Association of Women and the Law (VAWL); University of Victoria Association of Women and the Law; Toronto Area Caucus of Women and the Law (TACWL); University of Toronto Women and the Law; Osgoode Hall Law School Women’s Caucus; Manitoba Association of Women and the Law (MAWL); Yellowknife Caucus of Women and the Law; Calgary Association of Women and the Law (CAWL))
Supreme Court Update: Supreme Court of Canada Rules in First Chapter Equality Case – Gwen Brodsky
Fourth National Conference of the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence – Sandra F. Sellens
Brooks v. Canada Safeway Ltd. (S.C.C. May 4, 1989) – Kathryn E. Thomson
Diana Janzen and Tract Govereau v. Platy Enterprises Ltd. et al. (S.C.C. May 4, 1989) – Laura Ford
Picture of NSC Members and National Office Staff
Mid-Term Meeting Report

Executive Director’s Report – Suzanne Chartrand
NAWL’s National Steering Committee
NAWL’s Office Staff in Ottawa
Winners of NAWL’s Trust 2nd Essay Competition
A Word from the Organizing Committee of the 8th Biennial Conference – Marie-Louise Côté, Valérie Dandurand and Joanne Loyer
NAWL’s 8th Biennial Conference: Carmen Quintana’s Keynote Address – Marie-Louise Côté
Access to Health Care: International Perspectives – Ann Martin
Maternal/Fetal Rights Panel – Louise Shaughnessy
Work at Home – Line Parent
Workshop on Abortion – Marie-Louise Côté
Pay Equity – Sandra Sellens
AIDS and Women – Brigitte Morneault
Native Women’s Perspectives – Louise Shaughnessy
Racial Discrimination – Kristen Douglas
Discrimination on the Basis of Sexual Orientation – Anita Braha
Affirmative Action – Brigitte Morneault
Is CEDAW Representative? – France Houle
Women’s Movement: International Perspectives – Susan Adams
Highlights of Resolutions – Louise Shaughnessy
Amendments to the Constitution, By-Laws and Regulations and Policy Resolutions Adopted at the Plenary Session
Update on Public Affairs – Louise Shaughnessy

Strategies for Change: Gender Unfairness in the Courts – Laura Ford
Supreme Court Update
Contempt in Court: Mistaken Identity
Focus on Policy – Susan Adams
Battle Over B.C. Abortion Clinic – Laura Ford
Suing Pornographers – Laura Ford
The National Council of Women – Leslie Pearl
Anita Braha’s Review of “Breaking the Trust: Sexual Harassment on Campus”
Irène Bujara’s Review of “Enough is Enough: Aboriginal Women Speak Out”
Irène Bujara’s Review of “Sexual Assault: The Dilemma of Disclosure, The Question of Conviction”

From the Editor’s Desk – Marie-Louise Côte
A Message from Suzanne Chartrand, Executive Director
Women’s Rights and International Perspectives – Joanne Loyer, Line Parent and France Houle
Schedule for NAWL’s 1989 Conference: Women and the Law – International Perspectives
The Conceptual Evolution of the Standards Relative to Women: The Hevener Approach – Line Parent
On Setting Feminist Policy – Anita Braha
Constitution: Why the NAWL Constitution Should be Amended – Susan Adams

Auditor’s Report of NAWL’s Balance Sheet
Conference Overview – Marie-Louise Côté
Program for NAWL’s 8th Biennial Conference: Women and Law – International Perspectives
The Centre de santé des femmes de Montréal: What makes this health centre different? – Marie-Louise Côté and Joanne Loyer
Gender Equality in the Courts – Mona G. Brown and Louise Lamb
Abortion Services in Quebec: Accessibility and Quality – Joanne Fortin
The Sexual Misconduct of Physicians and Disciplinary Law – Brigitte Morneault
Benefits for Part-time Workers – Lori Sterling
Linda Sidney’s Review of “Surviving Procedures After a Sexual Assault”

National Steering Committee Report – Gretchen Pohlkamp
NAWL’s Mid-term Meeting – Laura Ford
The Women’s Advisory Committee to the President of the Treasury Board – Lucille Dubé
Women in the Judiciary – Laura Ford
The Honourable Judge Claire L’Heureux Dubé – Marie-Louise Côté
Supreme Court of Canada Update – Kathryn Thomson
Provincial and Territorial Responses to Morgentaler – Wendy Atkin
Legislative and Lobbying Update
Review of “The Canadian Woman’s Legal Guide”
Women and Free Trade – Wendy Atkin
Feminism in the Study and Practice of Law – Wendy Atkin

Editorial
Family Mediation Canada: Unhappily, “Dialogue” Still Mostly Means “Diatribe”
Abortion and Fathers’ Rightists
Manitoba Court of Appeal
Women Alarmed by Male Activists – Ann Rauhala
The Canadian Council for Family Rights: A Wolf in Gender-Neutral Clothing
California in Ontario: Canadian Fathers’ Rightists Press for a Beach-head
The Saskatchewan Court of Appeal Endorses Custody Rights for Unwed Fathers Over the Mother’s Decision to Have the Child Adopted
Custody Litigation and the Child Sexual Abuse Backfire Syndrome
Some Feminist Resources on Custody, Mediation and Related Issues
Important New Preliminary Research Findings on the Effects of Joint Custody on Child and Parental Adjustment

From the Editor – Laura M. Ford
“Progress and Procrastination”: Maternity Benefits for Lawyers
Shorts (Battered and Sexually Assaulted Women; Lack of Subscribers, “La Vie en Rose” Dies; Women to Fly CF-18s and Ground Forces Helicopters; Three Hostels for Battered Women Close their Doors) – Johanne White
Battering and Custody Disputes – Gretchen Pohlkamp
The Meech Lake 1987 Constitutional Accord: A Threat to Women’s Equality? – Patricia File
Amendments to the Indian Act: Aboriginal Women Continue to Suffer Discrimination – Mary Ellen Turpel
NAWL Members in Dublin: The 3rd International Congress on Women – Louise Lamb
Reaching out to the Public: Family Law Workshop – Carol Roberts
NSC Report – Gretchen Pohlkamp
Maternity Benefits in Quebec – Martine Valois
Steps Forward/Just to Keep Your Blood Boiling
Peggy Malpass’ Overview of “The Child and Family Services Act: A Guide to Part III”)
LEAF Update: Government “Seizure” of Fetus in B.C. – Laura Parkinson
Legislative Update (Indian Act, Abortion (Private Member’s Bills), Child Care, Sexual Offences Against Children – Bill C-15, Employment Equity (Bill 154), Secretary of State Women’s Program Funding, Wife Battering, Equal Pay)
Supreme Court Update (Action Travail des Femmes v. Canadian National Railway Company; Bonnie Robichaud et al. v. H.M. the Queen) – Laura Ford
Symposium on the Status of Refugees: A Summary – France Houle
Depo-Provera Update – Dianne Young

Message from the Executive Director – Suzanne Chartrand
Winners of NAWL’s Trust 1st Essay Competition
Lobbying Highlights – Louise Lamb and Helena Orton
Overview of 1987 Conference – Evelyne Guindon-Zador
Capital Punishment is a Women’s Issue – Rebecca Shamai and Patricia File
Shorts (Les exigences embourbent les avocates; Affirmative Action Ruling Said Historic; Law Library Named After Woman; Education the Answer; Fin des subventions à “Herizons”) – Susan Adams, Fran Watters and Laura Ford
Women Get Blame in Incest Cases – Paula J. Caplan and Marylou Fassel
Elisabeth Moorsek: Harcèlement sexuel pas question! – Odette Montigay
Il faudra s’en rappeler… – Ève Montpetit
“Sisters-in-Law” – Life in Japan – Kathryn Ann Heraty
Objectivity and the Judiciary: Some Thoughts – Michele Reynolds
Sans toit ni loi – Hélène Lauzon
Sex Role Stereotyping in the Media: An End to “Ring Around the Collar, Ring Around her Neck”? – Laura Parkinson
Legislative Update (Child Care, Pornography – Bill C-54, Sexual Offences Against Children – Bill C-15, Ontario Pay Equity Legislation – Bill 154, New Refugees Bill, Unemployment Insurance)
Lauri Ann Fenlon’s Overview of “Equality Rights and the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms”
Leona Christian’s Overview of “Sexual Assault”
Bill C-15: Sexual Offences Against Children – Nicole Tellier
Les agressions sexuelles: analyse rétrospective – Kate Andrew
Convicted “Childnapper” Heads New Fathers’ Rights Group – Louise Lamb
LEAF Update: Human Rights at an Alberta University – Gwen Brodsky

Shorts (Une sociétie dit non; Une nouvelle technique aux Japonais; Pay Equity in Ontario; Les femmes et la pauvreté; Racial Intolerance on the Increase) – Jennifer Conkie
NSC Report – Fran Watters
NAWL’s National Steering Committee and Office Staff in Ottawa
Depo Provera: Disturbing Questions – Dianne Young
Nicaragua: A Role for Women – Erin Shaw
Taxing Women – Maureen Maloney
L’avortement au Québec – Valérie Dandurand
Overview of NAWL’s 1987 Conference “Equality and the Law”
La Commission des Droits de la Personne du Québec et l’accès à l’information – Line Parent
Le Québec en bref – Johanne White
Update in the House – Gisela Ruebsaat
Book Reviews: The New Divorce Laws (Payne’s Divorce & Family Law Digest; The New Divorce Law: A Commentary on the Divorce Act, 1985) – Anne E. Shields
Pakistan: Fundamentalist Attack on Feminism – Louise Lamb
Discovering Trade Marks – Alix Elizabeth Parlour
“Sisters-in-law” – Catherine Hagen
Mandatory Mediation: An Alert – Louise Lamb
Supreme Court of Canada: Recent Decisions – Kathryn Thomson

From the Editor – Nadine McDonnell
La Revue juridique – Phyllis MacRae
Lobbying – Louise Lamb
Auditor’s Report for NAWL’s Financial Statements (October 1, 1985 – March 31, 1986)
Dalkon Shield – Catherine Hagen
Custody Reform – Louise Lamb
Legislation et Avortement – Danielle Bondin and Suzanne Guèvremont
Overview of NAWL’s 1987 Biennial Conference
Interested in the NSC? – Louise Lamb
Shorts (Le parage des biens; Discrimination à Manitoba; Human Rights in P.E.I.; Victims of Violence; A Montréal…; Pornography in B.C.) – Jennifer Conkie
American Update – Jennifer Conkie
Canada’s New Divorce Act – Lauri Ann Fenlon
The New Wave: Manitoba’s New Pay Equity Laws – Shona Moore
Conference Discusses Equality in the Courts – Monique Charlebois
Egalité et les droits de la personne – Frances Gordon
Copyright in Canada – Anne Shields
“Sisters-in-law”: Sandi Aitken – Judith Kenacan
C.P.P. Amendments – Helena Orton
Pornography and Sexual Offences – Nola Silzer
LEAF Update (Justine Blainey et l’Ontario Hockey Association; Support Payments Upheld; Military Wives Organization) – Gwen Brodsky

NSC Report
Lobbying – Louise Lamb
NAWL Audit 1985
Supreme Court of Canada: Recent Decisions (Derrickson v Derrickson; Gagnon v Her Majesty The Queen; Paul v Paul) – Ann Shields
Your Money & You – Ruth Sauder
From the Editor – Fran Watters
New Family Law in Ontario – Dianne Young
Shorts (Un nouveau rapport féministe; Prostitution Laws Upheld; Une Mére lesbienne obtient une part du domicile familial) – Fran Watters
Comments on Equal Pay for Work of Equal Value Legislation – Anita Braha
Cooke Task Force Reports – Fran Watters
Women in Law: A Woman’s Place In a Man’s World – Nadine McDonell
Update in the House (Employment Equity: Bill C-62; Pornography and Prostitution; Canadian Human Rights Act; Abortion: Bill C-254; Equality Rights) – Gisela Ruebsaat
Affaires à surveiller (Morgentaler et al c. La Reine; La Reine c. Chase)
Louise Lamb’s Review of “Mothers on Trial”
Women Lose Custody – Michele Landsberg
Legislation et Avortment – Danielle Bondin et Suzanne Guèvremont
Women Less Well Off – Margarite Mousseau
UVic Outlaws Sexism – Susan Adams
“Femme” est le mot d’ordre
Update…Dalkon Shield – Devora Solem
LEAF – Gwen Brodsky
In British Columbia… – Frances Gordon
Résponse du fédéral à la Charte – Fran Watters
Provinces Slow to Respond – Kathryn Thomson
Summer Reading

NSC Report
Shorts (It’s a Zoo!; Child Support; Principe de l’égalité de rénumération; Fields Succeeds; New Law for Children; Abortion in Ontario, Saskatchewan and British Columbia; Evidence & Sexual Assault; “Soirée des dames”: pratique discriminatoire; Injunctions To Go; Surrogate Motherhood; Indemnités de décès; Technologie de la reproduction; Maternity Benefits; Mum’s the Word)
Recent Decisions from the Supreme Court of Canada – Lauri Fenlon
Lois sur les Indiens – Judith Kenacan
Women and War
The New Prostitution Law: It’s More than a Morality Play – Gisela Ruebsaat
Update in the House (Employment Equity, Equality Rights, Prostitution Laws, Divorce Bills, Family Allowance)
PMS – Devora Solem
Appointments (Justice Beverly McLachlin, Roberta Jamieson, Dennis McDermott)
Your Money & You – Ruth Sauder
Louise Lamb’s Review of “The Divorce Revolution”
NAWL Goes East – Louise Lamb
MATCH: Supporting Legal Reform – Sharon Scholzberg-Gray
LEAF: One Year Later – Frances Gordon

Report from the National Steering Committee
Evaluation Report – Gretchen Pohlkamp
Lobbying Report – Louise Lamb
Publication Update for Canadian Journal of Women and the Law
Shorts (Topics: Abortion, Employment, Criminal Law and Sexual Assault)
Caucus Reports (Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Montreal) – Suzanne Boivin
Charter News: Committee on Equality Rights … Exercise in Futility??? – Devora Solem and Gwen Brodsky
Appointments (Jane Godfrey and Gwen Brodsky)
Nairobi Conference
Sexual Harassment: A Compensable Occupational Injury – Sidney Fisher

Editorial
Report from the National Steering Committee
Letter from Cynthia Wishart, Equal Opportunities Officer
Appointments (Sylvia Gold, Linda Geller-Schwartz and Mary Southin)
Shorts (Now a Work Related Injury; Customs Act Overturned; Human Rights; American Study – Victims Fear Reprisal, Court System Half of Rapes Unreported, Study Says; Natural Mother Refused Custody; Injunction Against Hookers Rejected; Halifax; Infant “K)
New Developments (Hysterectomy Urgency Cited – Phil Needham)
Update in the House (Topics: Pornography, Employment, Divorce and Enforcement of Maintenance Orders, Indian Act: An Attempt to Restore Women’s Status, Charter of Rights)
The Feminist Touch: A Montreal Practitioner Says the Profession Still has a Long Way to in Providing Women Lawyers Equal Treatment – Jack Burden
American Women
Overview of NAWL’s 1985 Biennial Conference – Nancy Greenwood

From the Editors
Report from the National Steering Committee
Summary of the Recommendations Contained in the Equality in Employment Commission Report (Mandatory Measures: Employment Equity; Enforcement Models; Education and Training; Childcare )
Mandatory Affirmative Action to be Introduced at CN
Upcoming Events
New Releases
Shorts (Topics: Abortion, Rape, Prostitution, Courts, English Report, Government, Family Law)
Unsung Heroines (Sara Andrews Spencer, Fredricka (Marm) Mendelbaum, Belva Lockwood, Kit Welsh, Janet Guthrie, Bertha Diugi, Clair and Mary Weste, Valentina Tereshkova, Hefy Keisler Markey, Ellen Church, Emma Nutt, Ann Taylor, Mary Gartside, Maria Mitchell, Peggy Williams, Phylis Wheatly)
Law Backfires: Divorced Women Still Shortchanged
Overview of NAWL’s 1985 Conference (Program, Conference Rules and Procedures, Structures Resolutions, Bibliography)

Editorial
From the NSC
Conference Report
Research Grants
Women’s Rights Journal
Lobbying Report
Structures
The Cost of NAWL
NAWL Publications
Letters
Shorts
Charter of Rights (What is Equality – A Theoretical Discussion; What is Equality – The Court’s Approach; Charter Events Across Canada)
Update on Abortion (Quebec, Toronto, Winnipeg, NAWL’s Position)
No Comment Needed

Editorial
Report from the National Steering Committee
Lobbying Report
Conference Report, August 1985 – Camylle Tremblay Choquette
Women’s Rights Journal
Update in the House (The Divorce Act – Bill C-10; Criminal Code Amendments – Bill C-19; Canada Labour Code – Bill C-34; Canada Health Act – Bill C-3; Indian Act – Section 12(1)(b); Task Force on Child Care; Abella Commission)
News from the National Action Committee
Shorts (Topics: Wife Abuse, Family Assets, Canadian Labour Congress, Bar Room Rapists, Prostitution Limited)
Experts Discuss Pornography
Appointments (Justice Rosalie Abella, Madame Justice Kempo, Agnes Semmler)
Notes (Reading Material; Archives from Women; Conferences)
The Case for Female Barristers, Esq. – Elizabeth Vogt
Donor Insemination in Canada: Who is in Control? – Gisela Rubesaat
Legal Issues in Donor Insemination: The American Perspective – Donna J. Hitchens
Unresolved Legal Issues Surrounding Donor Insemination in the Provincial Context: Family and Children’s Law Commission of B.C.
New Developments! Quality Control to Aid Recipients: Ottawa Plans to Licence Sperm Banks
One Woman’s Story – Fran Watters
In-vitro Fertilization and Embryo Transfer
Research in Human Embryos Raises Fear and Hope – Janet Bataille
Frozen Eggs and Embryo Banks – Terry Harris
Frozen Embryos Not Husband’s, Lawyer Says
Surrogate Motherhood – Philip Marchand
Technology and Birth: Foetal Therapy and Maternal Autonomy
Eugenics, Selective Breeding and Maternal Autonomy
Legal Status of the Fetus – Fran Watters
Abortion: The American Perspective – Nan Honter
Father’s Rights in Abortion – Bertha Knoppers
What’s in a Word – Edward Keyserlingk
Resources on Reproductive Issues

Editorial
Update on NAWL’s 5th Biennial Conference
Reports and Notices
Caucus Reports (Prince Edward Island, Calgary, Osgoode Hall)
Reproductive Choice in Manitoba
Update (Judicial Appointments; Wages Can Now Be Garnished; Vancouver City Council; Canada’s Obscenity Law)
Prostitution (NAWL Policy; Theoretical Background; Statutory and Case Law; Report of the Justice Committee; Proposals and Critiques)
Broadcasts (Women and Education Summer Institute; Call for Papers – CRIAW; Books; Notices; Memberships; Comments)

Theme: Abortion & Independent Clinics

Caucus Reports (P.E.I., Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, Windsor, Victoria)
Member’s Contribution (Caucus Autonomy & Election of Lobbying Representative, Decriminalization of Prostitution, Points from Ottawa’s Position Paper on Affirmative Action and the Charter of Rights)
Economic Information (E.P.I.C., Maternity Leave/Sex Discrimination, Compensation Biased, Million Dollar Campaign, Women’s Report, NAC Trust, NAWL’s Revenue’s & Expenses, NAWL Trust)
Opening of the National Office
Resolutions for Conference
Family Law (News Items)
Pornography Battle in B.C.
1983 Persons Awards
Abortion
Wanted: Women for Human Rights
NSC
Membership
Comments

NAWL News

Statement on Discrimination Against Native Women Under Indian Act
Statement to Senate Committee on Bill C-127
Tamra’s Letter of Resignation
Minutes of May NSC Meeting
Report on Second National Day Care Conference – Jillian Ridington
Research Grants
Info Bank Acquisitions & Order Form
Notice of Membership Fee Increase
Ottawa Lobbying Report
Auditor’s Report

Conference 1983 & Constitutional Review

Draft Resolutions from NAWL Committee on Constitutional Review
TACWL’s Proposed Amendments
Constitutional Reform – Or Whither NAWL? – Committee of Manitoba Caucus
Rationale for Osgoode’s Proposed Amendments
Osgoode’s Proposed Amendments

Other Organizations & Activities

Planned Book on Women’s Constitutional Lobby for Equal Rights
Victory for Women Students in Sexual Harassment Suit
Announcement of “Women Organizing” Summer School 1983
Report on Women & Impact of Microtechnology Conference
Announcement of Victims of Crime Course, 6-11 March 1983
CARAL “We Have Had Abortions” Campaign
Criticism of Federal Government’s Record on Women’s Issues

Notes from the Editor
National News (NAWL Statement on Soliciting; Steering Committee Repots)
Caucus Reports (Victoria, Windsor, Queens, PEI, Nova Scotia)
Conference 1983 Issues (Constitution, Victoria Conference Update, Paid Maternity Leave, Opinion Articles on Constitution Reform, Pensions)
Canadian Advisory Council on the Status of Women
How to Run an Effective Meeting
Equal Rights Amendment (ERA): June 30
Newspaper Clippings
Sex Stereotyping in the Media
Notices

Foreword from NSC NAWL News

Minutes of September NSC Meeting
Minutes of January NSC Meeting
New NAWL Logo
Research Grants Available
Ottawa Lobbying Report: December 1981
Reform of NAWL Constitution and By-Laws
NAWL Financial Statement
Ottawa Lobbying Report: March 1982
Montreal Caucus Report
Manitoba Caucus Report
Nova Scotia Caucus Report

News from All Over

First Woman is Appointed to Canada’s Top Court
Maternity Leave
Information Centre: Women’s Bureau, Labour Canada
Kingston Prison for Women: Discrimination
Portia is One of the Boys
Announcements
National Clearinghouse on Family Violence

Notes from the Editor
Women and Sport: A Feminist Perspective
Lobbying Report
Mary Two-Axe Honoured
Financial Report
A Woman for the Supreme Court
Information Bank Report
Too Much, Too Little, Too Late … C.A.C.S.W. and the Constitution
Books
Bill C-53 Report
Toronto Star: Is the Legal System a Sick Joke on Rape Victims – Michelle Landsberg
Lobbying Shorts
Sexist Advertising Awards
Sending Letters … Please
Funding Conference Report
Sexual Harassment at Carleton
Caucus Reports
Caucus Research Grants
The Steering Committee: 1981-1983

Bulletin Board
Review of Legal Education
Conference Announcements
NAWL Presents Brief on Constitution
Summary of Recommendation, Ottawa Caucus Brief on Unemployment Insurance Legislation and Benefits
Globe & Mail Reports Discrimination Against Women Lawyers
Nova Scotia Caucus Report
Osgoode Hall Women’s Caucus Report
Report from the Manitoba Caucus
A Report on the Queen’s Women and the Law Association
Ottawa Caucus Report
Montreal Caucus Report

Editorial
Caucus Reports (McGill, Osgoode Hall, Dalhousie, P.E.I.)
Information (YWCA Resource Centre; Upstream: A Women’s Publication)
National Action Committee: Rape (How to Say No to a Rapist and Survive)
Extract from “Rape: The Myths, the Politics, and the Law”
Proposed Regulations on Maternity Leave – Gazette Officielle Du Quebec
Conference on Proposed Legislative Changes: Sex Offenders in the Criminal Code
Equal Pay and Quebec’s Charter of Human Rights and Freedom

Editorial
Caucus Communications
Caucus Reports (Victoria, Ottawa, Osgoode Hall, Manitoba, Dalhousie, New Brunswick, Calgary)
Report on Matrimonial Property Law in Alberta
Report re: Rape Law Reform
Proposals for Change in Rape Laws
“Notes on the Law of Rape”
Reports on the N.S. Advisory Council on the Status of Women
Review: “Women in Canadian Life”
National Action Committee: Status of Women
Report on NAWL Questionnaire

Editorial
Reports on Family Law Reform (Manitoba, Ontario, British Columbia)
Family Law and the Future: Reading Some Handwriting on the Wall
Feature Article (NAWL Brief on Human Rights; A Letter from Quebec; Income Tax – Child Care Expense Deductions; Submission Re NAWL; A Letter from Calgary)
Caucus (Victoria, Manitoba, University of Toronto, Osgoode, Queens, Ottawa Community Caucus, McGill, Charlottetow, Dalhousie)

A Letter from the Editorial Staff
Conference Report
The Quebec Situation: Is this True?
Resolutions: National Association of Women and the Law 2nd Conference – Ottawa, 1977
NAWL’s Constitution
Saving Our History
Why Bother?
Making Our Mark on New Legislation
What Wasn’t Said
Caucus Reports (New Brunswick, McGill, Toronto Articling Students, Osgoode Hall, University of Western Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatoon, Edmonton, Calgary)

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