What We Do
The NAWL promotes women’s equality by...
- lobbying for change to federal and provincial laws and regulations,
- producing publications on legal issues affecting all aspects of women’s lives,
- consulting with government officials on legal issues of concern to women,
- providing legal expertise in the service of the Canadian women’s movement,
- advocating for gender equality in the courts and in the legal profession,
- sponsoring pan-Canadian conferences that formulate policy positions on such critical issues as the feminization of poverty, international perspectives on women and the law, and reproductive technologies,
- hosting workshops and consultations on gender bias in the criminal justice system, family law and in the legal profession,
- promoting feminist scholarship through our Charitable Trust for Research and Education,
- organizing public education activities through our regional campus caucuses on legal issues affecting women, and
- promoting feminist perspectives on current legal issues through the media.
Organizational Information
- About NAWL
- What We Do
- National Steering Committee, Project Staff and Consultants
- The NAWL Charitable Trust
- Mission and Principles
- Governance
Annual Reports
