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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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Court Watch 2007

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.
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Not with a ten-foot pole: Law students' perceptions of family law practice

The report draws primarily from the West Coast LEAF Law Student Survey that asks for law student perceptions about the systematic barriers, opportunities and benefits to family law practice. It outlines steps to mentor ...
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Rights Based Legal Aid

Rights-Based Legal Aid: Rebuilding BC’s Broken System is a 2010 report by West Coast LEAF and Canadian Centre for Policy alternatives examining the serious deterioration of legal aid services over the past 15 years, and ...
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2014 CEDAW Report Card: How BC is measuring up in Women's Rights

2014 Report grading the Government of British Columbia on its compliance with the Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW).
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Putting justice back on the map

West Coast LEAF’s report proposes concrete solutions for the massive shortage in BC’s public legal services. Most importantly, the report recommends new delivery models for family law services that will make a real ...
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2013 CEDAW Report Card

The 2013 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 ...
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2012 CEDAW Report Card

The 2012 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 ...
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2017 CEDAW Report Card

West Coast LEAF's annual CEDAW Report Card grades BC's compliance with United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW). BC's record of action and inaction in the past ...
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We Are Here: Women's Experiences of the Barriers to Reporting Sexual Assault

Grounded in the firsthand knowledge of survivors, this report explores the significant barriers to reporting sexual assault through the criminal justice system. Its aim is to inspire change in society and the justice ...
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2018 CEDAW Report Card

West Coast LEAF's 10th annual CEDAW Report Card grades BC on nine issues impacting women’s human rights, including child protection, a new section this year. The Report Card assesses BC’s record in 2018 in relation to ...
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