2 February 2001
February 2, 2001
Women’s Election Website
During the recent federal election NAWL helped operate a women’s bilingual website,”Women’s Election – 2000 reasons to vote”. This site was produced by a coalition of equality seeking women and women’s organizations in partnership with Womenspace and the National Association of Women and the Law. The initiative was born out of a discussion of feminists who wanted to provide a space for women to discuss, research and share information about women and the federal election. Neither NAWL nor Womenspace had money to provide the real “bells and whistles” but a number of equality seekers worked tirelessly on a volunteer basis to get the site up and to feed it constantly.
The site included overviews of the issues written by women and women’s groups, questions for women to think about and to ask candidates at community all-candidate meetings; a listing of the 13 Demands put to the Government of Canada during the World March of Women with a link to the detailed background document and web site; links to research documents giving in-depth insights into issues and links to the websites of women’s and other equality seeking groups; a section on women’s human rights identifying Canada’s obligations and an assessment of its compliance; the Party Platforms with observations on how they address women’s issues; information on elections and voting, including material on voting if you are a person with a disability. In addition, the site was linked to media articles addressing women’s issues.
Two companion listserves, in French and English, were also made available which facilitated a lively exchange of views in a women-friendly environment.
Bonnie Diamond is the Executive Director of the National Association of Women and the Law
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During the recent federal election NAWL helped operate a women’s bilingual website,”Women’s Election – 2000 reasons to vote”. This site was produced by a coalition of equality seeking women and women’s organizations in partnership with Womenspace and the National Association of Women and the Law. The initiative was born out of a discussion of feminists who wanted to provide a space for women to discuss, research and share information about women and the federal election. Neither NAWL nor Womenspace had money to provide the real “bells and whistles” but a number of equality seekers worked tirelessly on a volunteer basis to get the site up and to feed it constantly.
The site included overviews of the issues written by women and women’s groups, questions for women to think about and to ask candidates at community all-candidate meetings; a listing of the 13 Demands put to the Government of Canada during the World March of Women with a link to the detailed background document and web site; links to research documents giving in-depth insights into issues and links to the websites of women’s and other equality seeking groups; a section on women’s human rights identifying Canada’s obligations and an assessment of its compliance; the Party Platforms with observations on how they address women’s issues; information on elections and voting, including material on voting if you are a person with a disability. In addition, the site was linked to media articles addressing women’s issues.
Two companion listserves, in French and English, were also made available which facilitated a lively exchange of views in a women-friendly environment.
Bonnie Diamond is the Executive Director of the National Association of Women and the Law.
Bonnie Diamond
about NAWL
The National Association of Women and the Law is a not-for-profit feminist organization that promotes the equality rights of women through legal education, research and law reform advocacy.
