Taking Action
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Campus Caucuses
In its early years, NAWL was both directed and supported in its work by caucuses at many law schools across the country. The caucuses were made up of feminist law students and professors who were interested in working on national women’s equality issues. They were critical to NAWL’s [...]
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Coalition for Women’s Equality
As part of the Ad Hoc Coalition for Women’s Equality and Human Rights, NAWL maintains an ongoing campaign to pressure the federal parties to commit to concrete and meaningful measures to advance women’s equality.
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Workshop Towards a More Inclusive Maternity/Paternal Benefits Regime
For the last three years, NAWL has been exploring ways of improving maternity and parental benefits for women living outside Québec. The NAWL Working Group has had several in-depth discussions on this issue, did extensive research on existing literature in Québec, Canada and abroad, and has consulted widely with women across Canada.
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The Mothering in Law Conference
A conference to discuss some of the policies, programs and reforms that will really promote the equality rights of mothers: improved maternity and parental benefits, universal childcare, family law reforms that promote women’s safety and equality, access to matrimonial property for Aboriginal women living on Reserve, parental rights for [...]
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Mother’s Day Message to Parliament 2007
In celebration of Mother’s Day, the National Association of the Law brings to Parliament Hill a message on behalf of women across Quebec and the rest of Canada.
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The “Pay Equity Network” in Motion
NAWL, in collaboration with the Canadian Labour Congress, organized a meeting of the Pay Equity Network (PEN) in Ottawa on May 2nd, 2007. Approximately 40 representatives of the labour movement and of women’s groups from Québec and the rest of Canada met in Ottawa to discuss recent developments in their respective regions.
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International Women’s Day March 2007
On International Women’s Day 2007, the Ad Hoc Coalition for Women’s Equality and Human Rights asks you to join with women everywhere in Canada and Quebec in opposition to the anti-equality policies of the federal Conservative government. Here’s why!
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March for Women’s Equality December 2006
Harper’s Conservatives want women to stay home and be quiet. Our response to the Conservatives? We Refuse! On Sunday, December 10, NAWL rallied and marched for women’s rights, equality, and access to government and the courts in response to the Conservatives cuts to provincial child care and refusal to introduce proactive pay equity.
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Mother’s Day Message to Parliament 2006
On Mother’s Day, we celebrate our mothers and all they have done for us. Yet in all our communities everywhere in Canada, mothers are struggling to make ends meet, to do well by their children and their families.
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March for Women’s Equality - Media Coverage
Women rally to pressure Conservative gov’t, CTV.ca News, Dec. 10, 2006; Opposition MPs join women, labour groups in protesting Tory funding cuts, CBC News, Dec. 10, 2006; Women kick Harper’s ass, Straight.com Vancouver, Dec. 14, 2006; Women Send Strong Message to Harper: Reverse the Cuts, Uphold Equality Rights, Ad hoc coalition, Dec. 10, 2006 [...]
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