West Coast LEAF
West Coast LEAF's mission is to achieve equality by changing historic patterns of systemic discrimination against women through BC-based equality rights litigation, law reform and public legal education.
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This paper provides a brief overview of the problem of trafficking in women and girls for the purpose of sexual exploitation in Canada. It proceeds to outline West Coast LEAF's position - proposed legislation and victim ... + more details
From West Coast LEAFSubtopics: equality rights
In 2009, a project was initiated to research and collate legal resources for women created by various family and social service agencies throughout the province. The report was released in 2010. It was written by ... + more details
From West Coast LEAFSubtopics: equality rights
This report highlights legislative and regulatory policy changes within the BC government between 2001 and 2005 that disproportionately harm single mothers on social assistance and their children. + more details
From West Coast LEAFSubtopics: civil liberties; equality rights; rights & protection from discrimination + all subtopics
The 2009 CEDAW Report Card grades the BC government's compliance to the international standards of women's rights and freedoms outlined in the United Nations' Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination ... + more details
From West Coast LEAFSubtopics: civil liberties; equality rights; rights & protection from discrimination + all subtopics
The Women's Equality and Religious Freedom (WERF) Consultation Report tackles a central question: what are the limits to religious freedom when gender equality is at stake. The report includes a detailed overview of ... + more details
From West Coast LEAFSubtopics: equality rights; rights & protection from discrimination + all subtopics
The report illustrates the Government of British Columbia's failure to address and implement two recommendations made by the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) ... + more details
From West Coast LEAFSubtopics: Aboriginal rights; civil liberties; equality rights; rights & protection from discrimination + all subtopics
This report was submitted to the CEDAW Committee by the BC CEDAW Group and the Poverty and Human Rights Center before Canada's 2008 CEDAW review. It provides an overview of women's equality issues in BC to ensure the ... + more details
From West Coast LEAFSubtopics: Aboriginal rights; civil liberties; equality rights; rights & protection from discrimination + all subtopics
The 2004 Transforming Our Future Guide provides an overview of the legal sources of equality rights and how they operate in Canada. It focuses on Supreme Court cases - Law v. Canada and BC v. BCGSEU - and outlines the ... + more details
From West Coast LEAFSubtopics: Aboriginal rights; civil liberties; equality rights; rights & protection from discrimination + all subtopics
This report is a review of the West Coast LEAF Court Watch program from 2005 to 2006 that is part of the Family Law Project. + more details
From West Coast LEAFSubtopics: civil liberties; equality rights; rights & protection from discrimination + all subtopics
Case scenarios that summarize different women's experiences navigating the family law legal system in British Columbia. + more details
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