Resources
The following are links to useful feminist resources. WCC is not responsible for content on external websites.
Ad Hoc Committee for Women’s Equality and Human Rights: A national organization which came together in 2006 to fight the actions against women’s rights taken by the Government of Canada, specifically: the cancellation of the child care agreements with the Provinces; the refusal to take action on Federal Pay Equity Legislation; the cancellation of the Court Challenges Program; changes to the mandate of Status of Women Canada eliminating reference to women’s equality; and amendments to the funding guidelines that severely impact on women’s organizations and their ability to address fundamental systemic change.
The African and Canadian Women’s Human Rights Project (ACWHRP): An innovative initiative designed to advance women’s equality through strategic research and activities. The ACWHRP is a collaborative partnership of African women’s human rights NGO’s and academics from Ghana, Kenya and Malawi working with Canadian human rights experts.
L’Alliance des femmes de la francophonie canadienne (AFFC): Le seul organisme qui représente, au niveau national, les femmes francophones en contexte majoritaire anglophone. Sa mission consiste à défendre les intérêts des femmes et de leur famille, de revendiquer leurs droits et d’appuyer leurs actions menant au développement et à l’épanouissement de leurs communautés.
Canada without Poverty: Formerly National Anti-Poverty Organization – This organization is a federally incorporated, not-for-profit and non-partisan organization dedicated to the elimination of poverty in Canada. Stemming from the Poor Peoples’ Conference in Toronto in 1971 – a national gathering of low-income citizens – we were founded later that year as the National Anti-Poverty Organization. In April 2009, we changed our name to Canada Without Poverty so that our name expresses the end that we seek – a Canada in which no person need suffer what Gandhi called “the worst form of violence.”
Canadian Association of Elizabeth Fry Societies: An association that works with and for women and girls in the justice system, particularly those who are or will be criminalized. The association exists to ensure substantive equality in the delivery and development of services and programs through public education, research, legislative and administrative reform, regionally, nationally and internationally.
Canadian Federation of University Women (CFUW/FCFDU): An equality-seeking, advocacy organization that works to advance the human rights of women and girls in 112 CFUW/FCDU Clubs across Canada and at the national level.
Canadian Feminist Alliance for International Action (FAFIA): A dynamic coalition of over 75 Canadian women’s equality-seeking and related organizations. FAFIA’s mandate is to further women’s equality in Canada through domestic implementation of its’ international human rights commitments.
Canadians for Equal Marriage: A nation-wide, bilingual campaign made up of individuals and organizations from all walks of Canadian life and all political stripes, including those with no political affiliation.
Canadian Lawyers Abroad: This organization provides opportunities for the Canadian legal community to become more actively involved in understanding and providing solutions to pressing good governance, rule of law and human rights issues.
Centre for Equality Rights in Accommodation: An Ontario-based non-profit human rights organization that promotes human rights in housing and challenges discrimination. CERA works to remove the barriers that keep disadvantaged individuals and families from accessing and retaining the housing they need. CERA has become a world leader in using both domestic and international human rights law to address issues of homelessness and poverty. We work collaboratively with non-governmental organizations in Canada and in other countries to promote and enforce economic and social rights.
Charter Equality Rights: Interpretation of Section 15in Supreme Court of Canada Decisions
Child Care Advocacy Association of Canada (CCAAC): An association dedicated to working together for the right of all children to access a publicly funded, inclusive, quality, non-profit child care system. Our organization is non-profit, membership-based and regionally representative.
Disabled Women’s Network: A progressive, volunteer-driven, feminist organization promoting social justice, human rights & the advancement of equality rights through education, research advocacy, coalition-building, resource development & information technology.
Egale Canada: A national organization that advances equality and justice for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and trans-identified people and their families across Canada.
Equal Voice: A group of women and men who are deeply concerned about Canadian politics and have formed a multi-partisan, non-profit organization devoted to the still-bold idea that more women must be elected to every level of government in Canada.
Equality Rights Central: Equality Rights Central is a place to find cases, commentary, trends, news and facta about equality and discrimination issues, in law and policy. The site is for advocates, academics and practitioners involved in equality rights, to monitor and advance the development of equality law in Canada. It is sponsored and administered by the Women’s Legal Education and Action Fund (LEAF).
La Fédération des femmes du Québec (FFQ): Une organisation féministe autonome qui travaille, solidairement et en alliance avec d’autres groupes, à la transformation des rapports sociaux de sexe dans toutes les activités humaines en vue de favoriser le développement de la pleine autonomie des femmes et la reconnaissance véritable de l’ensemble de leurs contributions à la société.
The Feminist Judgments Project: A dynamic and innovative research project in which a group of feminist socio-legal scholars have written alternative feminist judgments in a series of significant cases in English law. Rather than simply critiquing existing judgments, the participants have put ‘theory into practice’ by engaging in a practical, ‘real world’ exercise of judgment-writing, subject to the same constraints that bind appellate judges. In doing so, they have pioneered a new form of critical socio-legal scholarship, which seeks to demonstrate in a sustained and disciplined way how judgments could have been written and cases could have been decided differently.
Institute for Feminist Legal Studies at Osgoode: The Institute for Feminist Legal Studies was established at Osgoode in the early 1990s to foster scholarship in feminism and law at Osgoode. The website includes a blog, highlighting topical items “new in print” including books and articles, appointments, conferences, calls for papers and websites that are of interest to feminist legal academics. The site is meant to be informative and “community building”, rather than serving as a venue for original content. It is anticipated that it will generate connections and ideas which promote gender justice.
Inuit Women of Canada (Pauktuutit): This group fosters greater awareness of the needs of Inuit women, advocates for equity and social improvements, and encourages their participation in the community, regional and national life of Canada. Pauktuutit leads and supports Canadian Inuit women in policy development and community projects in all areas of interest to them, for the social, cultural, political and economic betterment of the women, their families and communities.
Metis National Council of Women: The Council seeks to foster a contemporary understanding of the traditions and roles of Métis women. The primary purpose is to address and respond to issues and concerns of Métis women and their children.
METRAC: A not-for-profit, community-based organization that works to ensure women, youth, and children live free from all forms of violence and the threat or fear of violence. We address the distinct realities of women within and among diverse communities. METRAC’s programs seek to prevent and end all individual, institutional and systemic forms of violence. We work collaboratively with a broad range of partners to develop strategies to end violence against women and build safer communities for everyone.
National Association of Women and the Law: A feminist non-profit organization that has worked to promote the equality rights of all women in Canada since 1974. NAWL works through law reform to achieve substantive equality and the realization of human rights for all women in Canada.
National Organization of Immigrant & Visible Minority Women of Canada (NOIVMWC): An umbrella national organization with a vision of creating equality for all women. It was created in 1986 with a focus on forming a united national voice to ensure equality for immigrant and visible minority women within bilingual Canada. NOIVMWC advocates for various issues affecting immigrant and visible minority women. We have made significant progress on many fronts and our activities are becoming more important, considering the increasing diversity of the Canadian population.
Native Women’s Association of Canada (NWAC): Founded on the collective goal to enhance, promote, and foster the social, economic, cultural and political well-being of First Nations and Métis women within First Nation, Métis and Canadian societies.
Reach Canada: A lawyer referral organization that helps people with disabilities. Their website provides a wealth of resources on substantive equality rights for people with disabilities.
Women’s Legal Education and Action Fund (LEAF): A national charitable organization that works toward ensuring the law guarantees substantive equality for all women in Canada.
