Women’s Rights to
Public Legal Representation in
Canada and Manitoba
A MAWL Report
With the assistance of:
Lenore Woodward, B.A. Hon.
Penny Piper, B.A. Hon.
Courtenay Kipp, B.A.
Anna Maria Tosso, B.A.
June 2002
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Special Thanks for Project Funding
Government of Canada
The Secretary of State
Status of Women Canada
-and to-
Summer Career Placements 2001
Special Acknowledgements to:
Canadian Bar Association for their excellent reports "Legal Aid Advocacy Kit"
and "Making the Case"
Melina Buckley - "The Legal Aid Crisis: Time for Action"
Lisa Addario - "Getting a Foot in the Door: Women in Civil Legal Aid and Access
to Justice"
Women’s Legal Education and Action Fund. Civil Legal Aid conference - We
have borrowed extensively from their research and ideas in writing this report.
M.A.W.L
The Manitoba Association of Women and the Law Inc. is a feminist non-profit organization,
an affiliate of the National Association of Women and the Law Inc. whose goals are to
promote the equal treatment of Canadian women and men through research, lobbying and
education.
Table of Contents
Note:
Please note that the online version of this report does not contain footnotes or page references. Contact MAWL (address below) for the authoritative verson of the report.
MAWL
Manitoba Association of Women and the Law
Box 1240, Carman, MB, R0G 0J0
Telephone: 204-745-2028
Fax: 204-745-3513
email: mcbr@mb.sympatico.ca
NAWL
National Association of Women and the Law
1066 Somerset West, suite 303, Ottawa, ON, K1Y 4T3
Telephone: 613-241-7570
Fax: 613-241-4657
e-mail: info@nawl.ca
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