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• Category: Appearances and Submissions
  • NAWL Intervenes before the Supreme Court in an Important Case for Women’s Equality Rights
  • NAWL Testifies Before the National Assembly of Québec
  • NAWL at the Supreme Court: Protecting Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence
  • NAWL submits a brief to ban parental alienation accusations in family court
  • Gun Control – NAWL submits brief on Bill C-21 to the Senate
  • NAWL’s Written Submission for the Pre-Budget Consultations in Advance of the 2024 Federal Budget
  • NAWL defends sexual assault victims’ rights during the study of Bill 12
  • NAWL Intervenes in an Important Family Law Case! 
  • Intimate partner and domestic violence in Canada: a Brief to the Status of Women Committee
  • Letter to the Federation of Law Societies of Canada
  • NAWL endorsed Luke’s Place brief on BILL 207: An Act to amend the Children’s Law Reform Act, the Courts of Justice Act, the Family Law Act and other Acts respecting various family law matter
  • NAWL Written Submission for the Pre-Budget Consultations in Advance of the Upcoming Federal Budget
  • NAWL submits brief on Bill C-5 to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights
  • NAWL presents to Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs on Bill C-78
  • NAWL and Luke’s Place Joint Brief on Bill C-78 Submitted to the Justice and Human Rights Committee
  • NAWL appearance before the Finance Committee on Bill C-86, November 6, 2018
  • Brief Submitted to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security on Bill C-71
  • Presentation on Bill C-65, An Act to amend the Canada Labour Code (harassment and violence)
  • NAWL Submission to the Standing Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs
  • Standing Committee on the Status of Women’s Hearings on Violence Against Women and Girls in Canada
  • NAWL Appeared before the Special Committee on Pay Equity
  • Joint Brief on the Impact of Bill C-42 on Women’s Safety
  • Speaking Your Mother Tongue: Language as a Women’s Issue
  • Conservative Government Trying to Silence Women’s Groups
  • Women in Conflict with the Law
  • The Anti-Terrorism Act
  • Canadian Human Rights Review
  • The Gosselin Case
  • Discrimination on the Basis of Social Condition
  • Women and the Social Deficit
  • Child Care
  • Women and Fiscal Policy
  • Public Sector Equitable Compensation Act
  • On Trafficking for the Purpose of Sexual Exploitation
  • The Abolition of the Court Challenges Program
  • Changes to the Status of Women Canada
  • Presentation on Human Trafficking to the Standing Committee on the Status of Women
  • Abortion and Reproductive Rights
  • Government Inaction on Pay Equity
  • Pre-Budget Consultations: 2005 Federal Budget
  • 2005 Federal Budget
  • Custody and Access
  • Same-Sex Marriage
  • Addressing Trafficking in Women and Children in Canada
  • NAWL Brief on the Act to Amend the Divorce Act (Bill C-22) / Mémoire de l’ANFD au sujet de la Lo
  • NAWL Brief to the Canadian Human Rights Commission on the Treatment of Federally Sentenced Women /
  • Marriage and Legal Recognition of Same-Sex Unions to the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rig
  • Submission on Marriage and the Legal Recognition of Same-Sex Unions to the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights
  • Marriage and Legal Recognition of Same-Sex Unions / Mariage et reconnaissance des unions de même se
  • NAWL Brief to the Pay Equity Task Force / Mémoire de l’ANFD au Groupe de travail sur l’équit
  • NAWL submits brief to The Pay Equity Task Force
  • Feminist Perspectives on the Draft Federal Assisted Human Reproduction Act
  • NAWL’s Pre-Budget Submission to the Standing Committee on Finance, 2001
  • Women’s Poverty, Women’s Equality: Supreme Court to Rule on one Woman’s Claim to Social and Economic Rights
  • NAWL Brief to the Federal, Provincial, Territorial Family Law Committee on Custody, Access and Child
  • Brief to the Federal, Provincial, Territorial Family Law Committee on Custody, Access and Child Support
  • NAWL Brief to the Supreme Court of Canada in Gosselin v. Québec (Attorney General)
  • Brief on the Proposed Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (Bill C-11)
  • NAWL Brief on the Proposed Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (Bill C-11) to the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration
  • NAWL Brief on the Importance of Respecting the Substantive Equality Rights of Lesbians to the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights
  • NAWL Brief to the Canadian Human Rights Act Review Panel
  • Brief to the Canadian Human Rights Act Review Panel
  • Supporting Families, Supporting Gender Equality: Improving Canada’s Tax and Transfer System
  • Submission to the International Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights: Women and the Social Deficit
  • Canadian Women and the Social Deficit: A Presentation to the International Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights on the Occasion of the Consideration of Canada’s Third Report on the Implementation of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
  • Pre-Budget Consultations: 1999 Federal Budget: Tackling the Social Deficit – Securing Gender Equality
  • Custody and Access: A NAWL Brief to the Special Joint Committee on Child Custody and Access
  • The National Association of Women and the Law Response to Bill C-47 and the Working Document on New Reproductive and Genetic Technologies: “Setting Boundaries, Enhancing Health”
  • Submissions to the Standing Committee on Bill C-46, An Act to Amend the Criminal Code in Respect of Production of Records in Sexual Offence Proceedings
  • Submission by the National Association of Women and the Law to the CBA Task Force on Racism in the Legal Profession
  • Bill C-33: An Act Respecting Human Rights in Canada – A Promise Finally Fulfilled
  • Women and the Canada Health and Social Transfer: Ensuring Gender Equality in Federal Welfare Reform
  • NAWL’s Submission on the Pay Equity Act Review, 1996
  • Bill C-12: An Act Respecting Employment Insurance in Canada – The Impact on Women
  • A Brief on Bill C-72: An Act to Amend the Criminal Code
  • Bill C-68: An Act Respecting Firearms and Other Weapons
  • Bill C-64: Amendments to the Federal Employment Equity Act
  • The Federal Social Security Reform: Taking Gender into Account
  • The 1995 Federal Pre-Budget Consultations: Taking Gender into Account
  • NAWL’s Submission to the Federal Task Force on the Taxation of Child Support Payments
  • The Federal Social Security Reform, Submission to the Standing Committee on Human Resources Development
  • Response to Custody and Access: Public Discussion Paper
  • Bill 100: An Act to Amend the Regulated Health Professions Act, 1991
  • Brief to the Ontario Commission on Systemic Racism in the Criminal Justice System
  • Submission to the Legislative Committee on Bill 79, An Act to Provide for Employment Equity for Aboriginal People, People with Disabilities, Members of Racial Minorities and Women
  • Submission to the Legislative Committee on Bill C-126, An Act to Amend the Criminal Code and the Young Offenders Act
  • Four Year Review of the Act to Amend the Criminal Code and the Canada Evidence Act (Sexual Offences)
  • Submission on Bill C-113, An Act to Provide for Government Expenditure Restraint (U.I.C. Amendments)
  • Brief to the CBA Task Force on Gender Equality
  • Women and Constitutional Change: A Response by the National Association of Women and the Law to Federal Proposals for Amending the Constitution of Canada
  • A Brief on Bill C-49, An Act to Amend the Criminal Code (Sexual Assault)
  • The National Association of Women in the Law Response to “Working Towards Equality” (Employment Equity in Ontario)
  • Consent to Treatment and Substitute Decision Making
  • A Brief on Employment Equity
  • Section 213 of the Criminal Code – Prostitution
  • Brief on Bill C-17, An Act to Amend the Law Related to Enforcement of Support and Custody Orders
  • Women and Sentencing
  • Achieving Pay Equity in Ontario
  • Brief to the Legislative Committee on Bill C-43, An Act Respecting Abortion
  • Prostitution: Bill C-49 Four Years Later
  • A Response to Crimes Against the Foetus, the Law Reform Commission of Canada’s Working Paper #58
  • Submission to the Legislative Committee on Bill C-21, An Act to Amend the Unemployment Insurance Act
  • Women’s Movement: International Perspectives
  • Bill 11 and the Proposed Access Enforcement Programme
  • Submission of NAWL to the Standing Committee on National Health and Welfare on Survivor Benefits Under the Canada Pension Plan
  • Submission of the National Association of Women and the Law to the Labor Canada Committee on Benefits for Part-Time Workers
  • Brief to the Special Joint Committee on the 1987 Constitutional Accord
  • Submission of the National Association of Women and the Law to the Federal Department of Justice Concerning the Review of the Canadian Human Rights Act
  • A Brief Submitted to the Special Committee on Child Care
  • Submission to the Commission of Inquiry on Unemployment Insurance
  • Bill C-49: An Act to Amend the Criminal Code (Prostitution)
  • Response of NAWL to the Recommendations in Regard to Pornography in the Fraser Report and to the Government’s Discussion Paper on the Report of the Special Committee on Pornography and Prostitution
  • Bill C-47: Joint Custody, Child Support Maintenance Enforcement and Related Issues
  • The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms: Not Just Words on Paper
  • Soliciting for the Purpose of Prostitution
  • A New Image for Sexual Offences in the Criminal Code: A Brief in Response to Bill C-53
  • Women’s Human Right to Equality: A Promise Unfulfilled
  • Brief on Divorce Law Reform
• Category: Brief
  • Commentary on Protection Order Regulations  
  • Brief on Hate-Motivated Violence Against 2SLGBTQI+ Communities
  • Towards enhanced protection for victims of violence: NAWL’s recommendations on Bill 73 (Quebec)
  • Climate Crisis – NAWL Brief on Bill C-50, An Act respecting accountability, transparency and engagement to support the creation of sustainable jobs
  • NAWL speaks out on the issue of sexual violence in the workplace
  • NAWL testifies before the Senate regarding publication bans
• Category: Event
  • NAWL Celebrates 50 Years of Advancing Women’s Substantive Equality
  • NAWL goes coast to coast with our Feminist Law Reform Workshop Series 2022-2023
  • SPRINT TO 50: NAWL’s Strategic Plan for 2022-2024
  • NAWL hosts introductory workshop on feminist law reform in Ottawa
  • Book Launch: “The Right to Say No – Marital Rape and Law Reform in Canada, Ghana, Kenya and Mala
  • NAWL hosts consultation with Dubravka Šimonovic, United Nations Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women, its Causes and Consequences
  • NAWL Workshop at the 2018 Law Needs Feminism Because National Forum
  • Forum on Housing as a Human Right
  • Feminist Law Reform Course at the Faculty of Law of the University of Ottawa
  • Gendered Dissent Workshop
  • Feminist Leadership Summit 2011
  • Campus Caucuses
  • Women’s Worlds 2011
  • The National Women’s Lobby Interim Report to Canadian Women (October 15-17, 2000)
  • Report on the NAWL Pan-Canadian Workshop on Improving Maternity and Parental Benefits outside Québec
  • Workshop Towards a More Inclusive Maternity/Paternal Benefits Regime
  • Mothering in Law: Defending Women’s Rights in 2007
  • Campus Cocktails with NAWL
  • Building for NAWL’s Future: Staying Alive in 2007
  • The Mothering in Law Conference
  • The “Pay Equity Network” in Motion
  • International Women’s Day March 2007
  • March for Women’s Equality December 2006
  • Women, Work and Equality: An Introduction to Human Rights Law in the Workplace
  • Pay Equity: A Fundamental Human Right
  • Remembering Our Struggles, Defending Our Victories: Maternity and Parental Benefits
  • Section 15 – NAWL/West Coast LEAF 20th Anniversary Conference
  • Urgent Action Fund
  • Fa La La La La: Carollers To Herald Pay Equity
  • Workshops on Pay Equity
  • Women’s Rights and Freedoms: 20 Years (In) Equality: NAWL & West Coast LEAF National Conference
  • WFF Campaign 2004 Is On!
  • UN Special Rapporteur Visits Canada, 15-26 September 2003
  • Confidential Records and Sexual Assault Complainants post-Mills: Still Vulnerable?
  • Workshop on Transgender Human Rights and Women’s Substantive Equality
  • Conference Overview
  • Hats Off to Equality
  • Art Meets Law
  • Political Parity and the Charter of Rights
  • The Year 2000 Women’s March – the TFFCPO was there!
  • NAWL Shares Communications Skills with Women in China
  • The Feminization of Poverty
  • Workshop on Limits of the System: Women in Family Law – Procedural Issues in Family Law and Client Services
  • Women and Law, International Perspectives
  • Native Woman’s Perspective
  • Family Law Workshop
  • Women and Criminal Justice Issues
  • The Cost of Being a Woman
  • Women and Property
  • Women and Work
• Category: Gender and the Law
  • NAWL letter to the Senate in support of Bill C-6
  • Some Guidelines for Feminist Legal Pedagogy
  • Feminist Warning
  • Why we still need feminism in law school
  • Where would I be without Feminism in Law School?
  • A Feminist Take on First Year Criminal Law
• Category: Jurisfemme
  • Canada’s Commitment to Equality: A Gender Analysis of the Last 10 Federal Budgets
  • Pay Equity
  • Maternity and Parental Benefits
  • An Update on Pay Equity
  • Improving Maternity and Parental Benefits
  • Assisted Human Reproduction Act Update
  • Braving the Backlash From the Hill
  • The Broken Promises of Prime Minister Harper
  • Childcare Benefits
  • In Defense of the Court Challenges Program
  • Volume 25, No. 1, Spring 2007 / Volume 25, No. 1, Printemps 2007
  • Bonnie: We’ll Miss You!
  • Women’s Global Charter for Humanity
  • Coalition for Women’s Equality Makes Encouraging Progress / Bilan encourageant des activités de l
  • Supreme Court Decision Gives Some Mothers Reason to Celebrate
  • Volume 24, No. 1, Winter 2006 / Volume 24, No. 1, Hiver 2006
  • At The Heart of Human Rights: A campaign for a Pay Equity Law
  • Balancing Budgets on the backs of women: Pay Equity Post-NAPE
  • NAWL Charitable Trust Essay Competition: Congratulations!
  • Working Together for Women on Parliament Hill
  • Volume 23, No. 3, Spring 2005 / Volume 23, No. 3, Printemps 2005
  • How a Wee Campaign Nudged a Law of Science
  • Jurisdiction of Maternity and Parental Benefits Lies with the Provinces / Les prestations de materni
  • LEAF and Women’s Economic Equality Rights: Reflections on a Pay Equity Case and an Equality-Rights Conference
  • Pay Attention to Pay Inequity
  • Volume 23, No. 2, Fall 2004 / Volume 23, No. 2, Automne 2004
  • Dear Prime Minister….
  • Legal Aid in Nova Scotia
  • Volume 23, No. 1, Winter 2004 / Volume 23, No. 1, Hiver 2004
  • How Fair is the MBM to Women?
  • Commentary on Canada (Attorney General) v. Lesiuk
  • The American Convention on Human Rights is Part of the “Regional Solution”
  • The Struggle for Equality in the Job Market Goes On: CHRC declines to enforce Supreme Court order against CN
  • World March of Women Plans Worldwide Action in 2005
  • Volume 22, No. 3, Fall 2003 / Volume 22, No. 3, Automne 2003
  • Reaffirming the Indivisibility of Human Rights at the Roundtable on Women and Politics 2003
  • National Consultation on Transgender and Women’s Substantive Equality
  • The Live-In Caregiver Program: Inequality Under Canada’s Immigration System
  • The Impact of the Anti-Terrorism Act
  • Agency and Urgency: An Advocacy Project on the Defence of Provocation
  • Volume 22, No. 2, Summer 2003 / Volume 22, No. 2, Été 2003
  • Winners of the NAWL’s Trust 16th Essay Competition
  • Coalition of Stolen Sisters
  • What’s Next: Recommendations from the Kim Rogers Inquest
  • Majority Embraces Stereotype of Poor
  • CEDAW Review
  • Volume 22, No. 1, Winter 2003 / Volume 22, No. 1, Hiver 2003
  • Claire L’Heureux-Dubé Fund for Social Justice
  • Reinventing Globalization and the Power of Positive Thinking
  • Pay Equity: Required Changes In Federal Jurisdictions
  • CAEFS Human Rights Consultation
  • Canadian Journal of Women and the Law
  • First Nations Governance Act: Same Old Indian Agent Mentality
  • Finding Answers: The Kimberly Rogers Inquest
  • Volume 21, No. 3, Fall 2002 / Volume 21, No. 3, Automne 2002
  • Meet the Board
  • National Association of Women and the Law Conference 2002 Resolutions
  • Hats Off to Claire L’Heureux-Dubé
  • “Bridging Visions” of Law and Art for Women, the Family and the State
  • World Conference Against Racism: New Obligations to Remedy Racism
  • Test-Case Litigation, Social and Economic Rights, and the American Convention on Human Rights: What Difference can it Make?
  • 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
  • The Struggle for Pay Equity in New Brunswick
  • NAWL’s 14th Biennial Conference: Women, the Family and the State: Opening Address
  • Volume 21, No. 2, Summer 2002 / Volume 21, No. 2, Été 2002
  • The Canadian Gender and Trade Consultation
  • Bill C-36: The Anti-terrorism Act
  • Rethinking the Budgeting Process: A Call for Renewed Action
  • Pursuing a Feminist Policy Agenda through Electoral Reform
  • Equality Coalition to Present Agruments in Brockie Case
  • Poverty is a Human Rights Violation
  • 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
  • NAWL Brief on the Anti-Terrorism Act to the Senate Special Committee on Bill C-36 / Consulter nos archives par catégorie
  • Women Launch Declaration Against War and Racism, for Peace and Justice
  • The Women’s Economic Equality Project
  • Kim Rogers: Death in the Modern Day Pauper’s Prison
  • Thoughts on the World Conference Against Racism
  • Some Reflections on an International Experience: A Report from the CHRF International Human Rights Training Program
  • Consultation Of Women Anti-Poverty Activists
  • Winners of NAWL’s Trust 15th Essay Competition
  • Twelve Good Reasons to Oppose Granting Criminal Immunity to Police
  • Rape Shield Provisions Upheld
  • Update on the Pamela Jean George Case
  • The Women’s Economic Equality Project
  • On Losing Lesbian Rights
  • Bringing Beijing + 5 Home to Canada: What Was the Beijing + 5 Process About?
  • Student Internship at NAWL
  • Students’ Work with NAWL: Trans. What?
  • Women’s Election Website
  • The Not-So-Mini-Budget
  • Jurisfemme Articles on Women’s Human Rights / Jurisfemme : Articles sur les droits humains des
  • Jurisfemme Articles on Women’s Social and Economic Rights / Jurisfemme – Articles sur les dr
  • News from the Nova Scotia Caucus: The Frances Fish Award for Women Lawyers
  • Budget 2000: Entering a New Millennium ?
  • Protecting Women’s Equality Rights: Refugee Determination
  • 25th Anniversary Profile: Carole Curtis
  • Donating Stocks to the NAWL Trust
  • 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 L’importance de respecter les droits des lesbiennes à l’égalité matérielle
  • Silver and Still Surging: 25 Years of NAWL
• Category: Op ed
  • “Federal law banning conversion therapy is the first step toward dismantling heteronormative views” Opinion by FLR/RDF law student Sumaya Sherif
  • “Forced evacuation of pregnant Indigenous women must stop” Opinion by FLR/RDF law student Carolina Maass
  • “Supreme Court must keep women’s rights at the forefront when it rules on ‘extreme intoxication’ defence” Opinion article by Kerri A. Froc and Elizabeth A. Sheehy
  • “The Canada Health Act is failing people with mental illness” Opinion article by Yasmin Khaliq
  • “A glimmer of hope” Opinion Article by Nathalie Chalifour and Anne Levesque on SCC Carbon Pricing Ruling
  • NAWL and FOE: A real climate-emergency plan must address inequality
  • Alexandra Machicado-McGee: While politicians flex, she suffers
  • Laura Schemitsch: Setting a Deportation Target Puts Canadian Values on the Line
  • Rachael Harder Was Rejected As Committee Chair For Good Reason
  • Raeisi: You support pay equity? Tell me how much you make
  • Cass: The deportation of Lucy Granados shows how hollow government ‘compassion’ is
  • Osien: Gun violence is more than just a gang problem
  • Ethans: Here’s why lawyers should advocate for greater diversity in their profession
  • NAWL’s Critique published in Le Devoir
• Category: Open Letter
  • NAWL and other feminist organizations denounce 80% funding cuts to Women and Gender Equality Canada
  • NAWL Letter to Justin Trudeau Urging for Diversity in the Supreme Court of Canada
  • The fight to defend reproductive rights and gender equality continues
  • Open Letter to Ministers re: Upcoming meeting of Forum of Ministers on Human Rights
  • Open Letter to Jagmeet Singh regarding a ban on assault-style firearms
  • Open Letter: #Women4GunControl call for a federal ban on assault-style firearms
  • Joint statement in solidarity with Indigenous families mourning the murder of four Indigenous women
  • BILL C-28: Letter to Senators
  • Letter to Ministers: Firearms Controls and Violence Against Women
  • NAWL Support for MLA Lynne Lund’s proposed Non-Disclosure Agreements Act
  • Open Letter to Ministers Bennett and Miller on behalf of gender justice and human rights organizations in solidarity with the Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc First Nation and all First Nations, Métis, and Inuit Peoples
  • Open letter in support of Bill C-15, An Act Respecting the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
  • NAWL co-signed a letter dated October 5, 2020 to Premier Legault on the death of Joyce Echaquan
  • NAWL letter to the Prime Minister and Minister of Justice on SCC nominations
  • Open letter to the Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister of Canada: There is no time like the present to build a pan-Canadian system of child care
  • NAWL signs letter on the use of a restorative approach to an inquiry into the Nova Scotia mass shooting
  • NAWL signs letter calling for Canada’s National Action Plan on Violence Against Women and Gender-Based Violence to be bold, ambitious, and intersectional
  • Joint Letter to Finance Minister on PharmaCare
  • Open Letter: Strengthening Bill C-87, An Act respecting the reduction of poverty
  • Letter Regarding CSC Consultation on Bill C-83
  • NAWL signs Joint Statement calling on Canada to end sterilization of Indigenous women without consent
  • Action Canada & NAWL respond to 2019 Canada Summer Jobs Program
  • NAWL Submission to Minister Blair on Dialogue re: Handguns and Assault Rifles
  • Open Letter to Minister Rodriguez regarding the Court Challenges Program (CCP)
  • NAWL signs open letter urging Prime Minister Trudeau to make good on his commitment to the right to housing
  • Open Letter Urges Prime Minister to Make Good on His Commitment to the Right to Housing
  • Joint Letter on Bill C-71, An Act to amend certain Acts and Regulations in relation to firearms
  • International Women’s Day Letter Calling on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to enact a National Action Plan to prevent and address gender-based violence in Canada
  • An Open Letter Supporting Recent Changes to the Canada Summer Jobs Program
  • NAWL leads a group of over 75 organisations calling on Canada to reaffirm the historic mandate of the Court Challenges Program
  • NAWL Responds to Trinity Western University’s School of Law Proposal
  • Open Letter: Resignation of Rona Ambrose re M-312
  • NAWL calls for Rona Ambrose’s resignation as the the Minister Responsible for the Status of Women re M-312
  • Stolen Sisters: 500 Aboriginal Women are Missing or Dead
  • Letter to NAWL Friends, Collaborators, and Advocates
  • Letter to Harper on Women’s Funding
  • NAWL calls on Mr. Harper to respect International Law on Social and Economic Rights
  • Childcare is Key to Women’s Equality
  • 500 Aboriginal Women Missing or Murdered
  • NAPE v Newfoundland: Pay Discrimination
  • Letter to Prime Minister Paul Martin on NAPE Supreme Court Decision
  • Letter to Premier Danny Williams on NAPE Supreme Court Decision
  • Gender Sensitive Budget Policies
  • Women’s Reproductive Rights and the American Convention on Human Rights
  • Women’s Human Rights on Indian Reserves
  • A Plan of Action Against Racism
• Category: Other
  • NAWL thanks Women and Gender Equality Canada for their support
  • NAWL welcomes our new National Steering Committee
  • NAWL welcomes Tiffany Butler as Executive Director
  • NAWL endorses Pharmacare Now
  • UN report highlights systemic violence against Indigenous women, supports MMIWG inquiry findings
  • Kate McInturff’s superpower: wielding her love of big data for gender equality
  • Nhi Huynh is the second recipient of the Alison Dewar Scholarship
  • Morgan Teeple Hopkins is the first recipient of the Alison Dewar Scholarship
  • NAWL is proud to join Up for Debate
  • A Sad Farewell
  • Feminist Curriculum in Law Schools
  • Policy Research Grant Recipients
  • Coalition for Women’s Equality and Human Rights
  • Canadian Human Rights Act Review Panel to Submit Report
  • Coalition for Women’s Equality
  • Federal Elections
  • Is Your Political Party Getting All A’s?
  • NAWL’s Interview on CPAC
  • March for Women’s Equality – Media Coverage
  • Valentine’s Day Card to MPs
  • Signatories to the Pay Equity Network Call to Action
  • Members of the Pay Equity Network
• Category: Our Priorities
  • National Association of Women and the Law (NAWL) Statement on Speech from the Throne
  • NAWL applauds the inclusion of a Minister for Women and Gender Equality (WAGE) in Cabinet
  • NAWL Welcomes Steps in the Right Direction for Vulnerable Populations in Environmental Law: Bill S-5
  • Category: COVID-19
    • Protesters need to understand: Canada’s Charter is not the U.S. Bill of Rights – Opinion by Professor Martha Jackman
    • Letter to Canadian Government: Decriminalize Simple Drug Possession Immediately
    • NAWL signs joint letter to the Prime Minister and Minister Freeland re: Taskforce on Women and the Economy
    • Joint letter by Feminist Groups including NAWL to Minister Freeland, calling for her to host a roundtable with Women’s Rights organizations and feminist leaders as part of the net federal budget consultations
    • NAWL and other feminist groups joined Women’s Shelters Canada in reissuing a call for National Action Plan on Violence Against Women & Gender-Based Violence
    • Canada must protect the rights of sex workers during COVID-19 by ensuring access to emergency income supports
    • Letter sent by NAWL to the Prime Minister from women’s rights and equality seeking groups on feminist policy making in the context of COVID-19
    • NAWL and CRIAW Proposal for Support to Equality Seeking Women’s Groups in Canada during the COVID-19 Pandemic
    • NAWL joins other women’s rights groups to call on the Government of Canada to ensure a rigorous & far-reaching gendered response to COVID-19
  • Category: Economic Security
    • NAWL gathers Members of Parliament to discuss Urgent Reforms for Women’s Economic Security
    • Media Statement on Federal Election Outcome – Commitments for women’s rights should be a priority for the new government
    • Statement on Fall Economic Statement and New Funding for National Women’s Rights Organizations
    • Working Together for Women’s Economic Security: Launch of the VOICE Working Group
    • NAWL secures crucial funding to advance the economic security and prosperity of marginalized women
  • Category: Family Law
    • Parental Alienation Allegations: The Standing Committee on the Status of Women Recommends Reforming the Divorce Act
    • NAWL to intervene in landmark case to try to prevent abusers suing their victims for damages
    • News Release: New UN Report Calls on Canada to Ban Use of Parental Alienation Accusations in Family Court
    • “Parental alienation: The one-size-fits-none theory” by Suzanne Zaccour, Director of Legal Affairs, NAWL
    • NAWL continues advocating against parental alienation accusations against victims of family violence
    • 250+ Feminist Organizations Call for Legal Reform to Ban Parental Alienation Accusations
    • NAWL takes a stand against victim blaming
    • After decades of waiting, women’s rights organizations celebrate changes to the Divorce Act
    • Rao: Parental sponsorship rules are antifeminist
    • New SCC decision on economic rights in the family
    • Mother’s Day Statements
    • Same-Sex Marriage
    • Not in the Best Interests of Women and Children – An Analysis of Bill 422: An Act to Amend the Divorce Act
    • Not in the Best Interests of Women and Children: An Analysis of Bill 422, An Act to Amend the Divorce Act
    • Challenging the Nuclear Family, Protecting Lesbian Mothers: A Legal Catch-22
    • The Protection of Family Assets in Quebec
    • Mothering in Law: Defending Women’s Rights in 2007 – What Women in Canada Need!
    • Mother’s Day Message to Parliament 2007
    • No Religious Arbitration Coalition: What Have We Learned?
    • Ontario: One Family Law for All
    • Report of the “International Perspectives on Religious Arbitration in Family Law” Conference
    • Marriage, Homophobia, and Substantive Equality
    • Arbitration, Religion and Family Law: Private Justice on the Backs of Women
    • Arbitration, Religion and Family Law: Private Justice on the Backs of Women
    • An Open Letter Opposing the Use of Arbitration & Faith-Based Tribunals in Family Law in Ontario
    • Faith-based Arbitration in Family Law
    • The Arbitrariness of Ontario’s Arbitration Act: Examining the Impact on Women
    • Law Students Research Legal Aid
    • Women’s Voices in the Struggle for Family Law Legal Aid: A Matter of Justice
    • Should Feminists Care About Equal Marriage for Same-Sex Couples?
    • Letter to Irwin Cotler, Minister of Justice, on Custody and Access and the Reform of the Divorce Act
    • Race(ing) Family Law?: The Challenges
    • Disability and Family Law
    • Sharia as Family Law in Canada?
    • Common Law Partnerships and Marital Property: Time for a Change?
    • Bill C-22: Where Now?
    • Faith-Based Arbitration
    • Matrimonial Property on Indian Reserves
    • Bill C-22: Update
    • Bill C-22, An Act to Amend the Divorce Act
    • Custody and Access: An Update on Bill C-22
    • Same-Sex Hearings
    • Walsh v. Bona
    • Surrey Book Banning Case
    • From Custody and Access to Parental Responsibilities? What Does Bill C-22 Offer to Women and Childre
    • Reforms to Custody and Access / Réformes à la garde et l’accès
    • Where is the Government Going on Custody and Access?
    • Book Review: Susan B. Boyd – Child Custody, Law, And Women’s Work
    • Civil Union and the New Filiation Rules in Quebec: from Ignorance to the Legal Recognition of the Homoparental Family
    • Mothers as Secondary Defendants in Child Sexual Abuse Claims
    • Minority Women, Family Law and the State
    • W(h)ither Motherhood, W(h)ither Feminism: Child Custody Law Reform / La maternité évacuée, le fé
    • Custody, Visitation and Child Support
    • Custody and Access Alert
    • Draft Bill on Civil Unions: Is the Quebec Government about to Create Separate Equality for Same-Sex Couples and their Children?
    • Late Breaking News – Equal Marriage
    • Spousal Support and Pension Income in the Case of Boston v. Boston
    • In Whose Best Interests?
    • Lessons Learned from Family Law — The Proposed Presumption in Favour of Shared Parenting
    • Custody and Access Project in Ontario
    • New Brunswick (Minister of Health and Community Services) v. G. (J.), [1999] S.C.J. No. 47 (QL) – Case Comment
    • Women Speak Out on Custody and Access
    • Final Report on Court-Related Harassment and Family Law “Justice”: A Review of the Literature & Analysis of Case Law
    • The Child Support Guidelines: A NAWL Response to the Federal Child Support Guidelines
    • Family Mediation in Canada: Implications for Women’s Equality
    • The Child Support Guidelines: A NAWL Response to Amendments to the Divorce Act and to the Working Draft of the Federal Child Support Guidelines
    • Marriage as an Instrument of Oppression in Aboriginal Communities
    • Fairness in Family Law
    • Lost Earning Capacity Under the Divorce Act: Fact or Fiction?
    • Bill C-80 and Related Measures
    • Gender Equality in the Courts
    • The United Nations Conventions on the Rights of Women: Opportunities for Family Planning Providers
    • Background Paper on Divorce Law Reform (Bill C-10)
    • Legislative Initiatives Necessary to the Implementation of a Fair Scheme for Division of Private Sector Pensions Upon the Termination of a Marriage or Separation in Canada
    • Day Care: Discussion Paper
  • Category: Rebuilding Feminist Law Reform Capacities
    • NAWL endorses LEAF’s Federal Budget 2022 written submission to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance
  • Category: Violence Against Women
    • Op-ed: MPs’ work on gun control misses target
    • Majority of Canadians Support Stronger Gun-Control Measures: Poll 
  • Category: Women's Equality Rights
  • Category: Women's Rights and the Climate Crisis
• Category: Papers and Publications
  • Publication of the 2024 edition of “A Woman’s Guide to Money, Relationships, and the Law in Ontario”
  • Recommendations from the NAWL consultation on VAW law reform in Canada to the UN Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women
  • What We Do
  • The Defence of Provocation
  • Transgender and Women’s Equality Rights
  • Electoral Reform
  • NAWL Report Card on the Throne Speech and the Harper Government Agenda for the 40th Parliament
  • Thinking About How to Finance New Parental Benefits
  • Improving Maternity and Parental Benefits for Women outside of Québec: Proposals for Law Reform
  • Improving Maternity and Parental Benefits for Women Outside of Québec: Proposals for Law Reform
  • Report on the NAWL Pan-Canadian Workshop on Improving Maternity and Parental Benefits outside Québec
  • Status Report on Pay Equity in Canada
  • The Importance of Funding Women’s Groups
  • Mother’s Day Message to Parliament 2006
  • Update on the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act and Women
  • Supreme Court of Canada Allows Discrimination Against Women: NAPE v Newfoundland
  • Pay Equity Information and Action Sheet
  • The Québec Appeal Court decision on the Constitutionality of Maternity and Parental Benefits as Employment Insurance Benefits
  • The Recent Québec Appeal Court Decision on the Constitutionality of Maternity and Parental Benefits as Employment Insurance benefits: Some Feminist Reflections
  • The Québec Appeal Court decision on the Constitutionality of Maternity and Parental Benefits as Employment Insurance Benefits
  • Pay Equity Task Force Final Report 2004
  • Ratifying the American Convention on Human Rights: The Stakes for Women
  • Ratifying the American Convention on Human Rights: The Stakes for Women
  • Restorative Justice in Nova Scotia: Women’s Experience and Recommendations
  • Information Sheets for the 2003 National Roundtable on Women and Politics / Fiches d’informati
  • The Context for a National Roundtable on Women and Politics in 2003 / Le contexte de notre Table ron
  • Transgender Human Rights and Women’s Substantive Equality / L’égalité réelle pour les femmes
  • NAWL’s Recommendations to the Pay Equity Task Force
  • A Mandate of Equality: Women and Electoral Reform
  • Ratification of the American Convention on Human Rights
  • Welfare Rights Are Women’s Rights, Consultation Report
  • The Defence of Provocation: Stop Excusing Violence Against Women
  • Getting a Foot in the Door: Women, Civil Legal Aid and Access to Justice
  • Midwifery in Canada
  • 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
  • Economic Security for Farm Women: A Discussion Paper
  • Creating Diversity on the Bench
  • Women and the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
  • NAWL’s Response to the British Columbia Ministry of Equality’s Pay Equity Proposals of July 17, 1992
  • Gender Equality in the Courts: Criminal Law
  • Women’s Work is Never … Done, Paid, Valued, or … Finished
  • Women and Tax Policy
  • Labour Law’s Little Sister: The Employment Standards Act and the Feminization of Labour
  • Poverty, Youth and Housing
  • Latin America: A Difficult Continent for Women and Women’s Health
  • Internalized Dominance and Equality
  • Pay Equity: A Canadian Response to International Conventions
  • Some Aspects of Women’s Employment in Europe and Legislative Trends
  • Pay Equity: The Australian Situation
  • Maternal and Fetal Rights
  • Issues and Action on AIDS in the Philippines
  • Amendments Proposed to the New Indian Act by Québec Native Women’s Association
  • A Feminist Analysis of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women
  • Pregnancy as Justification for Loss of Judicial Autonomy
  • Bill C-31, An Act to Amend the Indian Act
  • The Right to Shelter
  • Elderly Women: The Invisible Majority
  • Section 15 – Equality in the Criminal Justice System and the Workplace: Fact or Fantasy?
  • Affirmative Action and the Collective Bargaining Process: Issues for Consideration
  • Canada’s Female Young Offenders: Isolated and Ignored
  • Special Defences for Women: Outline
  • Understanding Challenges to Roe v. Wade
  • A Brief on Bill C-15, An Act to Amend the Criminal Code and the Canada Evidence Act Regarding Sexual Offences Against Young People
  • A Perspective on the Female Offender
  • Morgentaler et al v. the Queen: Summary of the Arguments Made by Defence Counsel on Appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada, October 1986
  • Section 15 and Sexual Equality
  • Section 15 and Equality in the Criminal Justice System
  • Gender Bias Within the Law School
  • Interest Group Intervention
  • Notes for a Presentation on Judicial Bias and the Legal Treatment of Pregnancy as Sex Discrimination
  • Portia’s Progress: Women as Lawyers – Reflections on the Past and Future
  • Update on the Abortion Law in Canada
  • DANGER, KEEP OUT! Exclusionary Hiring Practices by Employers, Reproductive Hazards at Work
  • Protecting Workers from Reproductive Hazards
  • Who’s in Control? Legal Implications of Reproductive Technology
  • Government Control and Regulation of Reproductive Drugs and Devices
  • Preventive Re-Assignment of Pregnant Workers
  • An International Perspective on Parental Benefits
  • Women in the Workforce: Affirmative Action and Parental Benefits
  • Freedom From Harm or Freedom of Speech? A Feminist Perspective on the Regulation of Pornography
  • Unemployment Insurance
  • Changing Women’s Attitudes
  • The American Experience and Its Relevance in Canada
  • Organizational Change & the Imposition of Objectives: Do We Really Need Affirmative Action in Order to Integrate Women into Blue Collar Jobs?
  • Politics of Gender: Policy on Affirmative Action and Women in the Labour Market
  • A Survey and Analysis of Parental Leave, Maternity Leave and Day Care in Eastern & Western European Countries and the U.S.A.
  • Wives, Housework and the Canada Pension Plan
  • Abortion Law and Improved Abortion Services
  • Summary of a Report on Affirmative Action Programmes for Women in Canada
  • Summary of “The Poor Get Poorer: Women and the Need for Pension Reform”
  • The Female Offender: Myths and Misconceptions
• Category: Parental Alienation Accusations
  • NAWL applauds new bill ending parental alienation accusations and protecting children from family violence
  • NAWL receives 2023 Women, Peace and Security Civil Society Leadership Award from Government of Canada
• Category: Press Release
  • NAWL welcomes tabling of regulations necessary to implement protections for women from intimate partner gun violence 
  • Government delay threatens women’s lives and safety
  • Budget 2025: Multi-year and ongoing funding for WAGE, but a significant drop in annual spending
  • NAWL Media Statement: Budget 2025 Investments in Gender Equality Support Women’s Inclusion, Justice and Security
  • Canadian Government Eliminates Minister for Women and Gender Equality Amid United Nations Womens’ Rights Summit
  • NAWL Applauds Coming Into Force of New Gun Control Measures Addressing Intimate Partner Violence
  • NAWL Statement – Assault Weapons Buyback Launch and the 35th Anniversary of the Montreal Femicides at École Polytechnique
  • Women’s Groups and Victims’ Families Call for Urgent Action to Implement Gun Control Laws to Address Femicide Crisis
  • Budget 2024 Policy Wins for Women
  • The National Association of Women and the Law reacts to appellate decision on “Bill 21”
  • NAWL Presents PolySeSouvient Gun Control Activists with Shirley Greenberg Award for Outstanding Leadership in Feminist Law Reform
  • NAWL statement on Alberta government’s proposed anti-trans policies
  • NAWL welcomes valuable funding from Women and Gender Equality Canada for new GBV-Responsive Family Law Reform project
  • Media Statement on the Senate’s passing of gun control legislation, bill C-21
  • Feminist organizations launch a new alliance to advance feminist law reform and end gender-based violence in Canada
  • No Legislation: What we really need to do in Canada to improve abortion access
  • PRESS RELEASE: Bill C-28 Falls Short in Protecting Women
  • PRESS RELEASE: ROE v. WADE – An Important Reminder to all Canadians
  • Supreme Court of Canada Rules Carbon Pricing Law Constitutional: Intervenors for rights of women and girls welcome the decision
  • National feminist groups welcome long-awaited legal action on abortion access in New Brunswick
  • Feminist groups call for immediate action on abortion access in New Brunswick
  • Standing in Supreme Court Climate Case sought by Friends of the Earth and NAWL
  • When it comes to gender equality, Canada has unfinished business: Study
  • Two federal political party leaders are ‘Up for Debate’ on gender rights – what about the rest?
  • Joint Statement on Canada’s Support for Women Human Rights Defenders in Saudi Arabia
  • Women’s rights organizations call for resignation of Status of Women Minister Rona
  • Women’s rights organization releases alternative orientation guide for law students
  • Harper Government Working to Silence Women
  • Women Send Strong Message to Harper: Reverse the Cuts, Uphold Equality Rights
  • Statement for Women’s Equality and Human Rights
  • Mr. Harper, On Mothers Day, Women Want More than Just Flowers: We Want Equality Now!
  • Canada Must Re-Invest in Women, Groups tell United Nations in Geneva
  • Liberal Pay Equity Commitment Needs to Be Turned into New Law
  • Call to Action 2005: The Time for Pay Equity is Now!
  • A Valentine’s Day Message to Parliament
  • Just do the Right Thing, Madame Robillard!
  • Women’s Groups Say Feds Must Act Now on Pay Equity
  • Canada’s Unfair Treatment of Women Prisoners / Le Canada traite injustement ses prisonnières
  • Pay Equity and Access to Justice: UN Tells Canada to Act on Women’s Rights / Équité salarial
  • The Gosselin Decision: A Divided Court
• Category: Recent Updates
  • Join Our National Steering Committee
  • NAWL welcomes the government’s action to protect women from dishonest anti-choice clinics
  • JOB OFFER – Bilingual Content Creator (Freelance – part-time)
  • Announcing the winners of NAWL’s 50th Anniversary Student Essay Contest
  • Student essay contest on women’s rights and feminist law reform
  • Coalition of women’s and feminist organizations call on NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh to deliver on his call for stricter gun laws
  • Women’s Organizations Call on National Party Leaders to Honour Their Campaign Promises to Ban Assault-Style Firearms
  • Press Release: NAWL Takes Action on Gun Control Law
  • Michelle O’Bonsawin – Canada’s first Indigenous jurist to the Supreme Court of Canada
  • Feminist Organizations Support No New Abortion Law in Canada
  • Blog Post: Can Youth in Canada Influence Law? They Already Do!
  • NAWL Announcement: Our new Head of Feminist Law Reform
  • Statement: NAWL pays tribute to Shirley E. Greenberg
  • Letter to Senators: Bill S-5
  • JOB POSTING: Research Internship, Summer Student
  • JOB POSTING : Head of Feminist Law Reform
  • Community Call to Action: Conversion Practices Legislation
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• Category: Reproductive Justice
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