NAWL submits brief on Bill C-5 to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights

NAWL submitted a brief on Bill C-5—An Act to amend the Judges Act and the Criminal Code—to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights.

36 feminist and equality-seeking organizations endorsed the brief, including:

1. Accessibility for All
2. Action Ontarienne contre la violence faite aux femmes
3. Amnesty International Canada
4. AMS Sexual Assault Support Centre
5. Avalon Sexual Assault Centre
6. Barbra Schlifer Commemorative Clinic
7. BC Society of Transition Houses
8. Campaign 2000
9. Canadian Centre for Gender and Sexual Diversity
10. Canadian Council of Muslim Women
11. Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women
12. Canadian Women’s Foundation
13. Colchester Sexual Assault Centre
14. DisAbled Women’s Network Canada
15. Egale Canada
16. Ending Violence Association of Canada
17. Feminist Alliance for International Action
18. International Women’s Rights Project
19. Les Femmes Michif Otipemisiwak — Women of the Métis Nation
20. Luke’s Place Support and Resource Centre for Women and Children
21. Metropolitan Action Committee Violence Against Women and Children
22. National Congress of Black Women Foundation
23. Native Women’s Association of Canada
24. Ontario Association of Interval and Transition Houses
25. PEI Family Violence Prevention Services Inc
26. PEI Rape and Sexual Assault Centre
27. Regroupement des maisons pour femmes victimes de violence conjugale
28. Rise Women’s Legal Centre
29. Sexual Violence New Brunswick
30. South Asian Legal Clinic of Ontario
31. WAVAW Rape Crisis Centre
32. West Coast LEAF
33. Women’s Centre for Social Justice, o/a WomenattheCentrE
34. Women’s Legal and Education Action Fund
35. Women’s Shelters Canada
36. YWCA Canada