Discrimination on the Basis of Social Condition
In December of 1999, NAWL presented a Brief to the Canadian Human Rights Act Review Panel. We recommended inclusion of social condition as a protected ground of discrimination under the Act. We also told the Review Panel that if the Human Rights Act is to make a difference for the most disadvantaged women in Quebec and in Canada, it must also include social and economic rights.
Excerpt: NAWL Brief to the Canadian Human Rights Act Review Panel
Open Letter to Government
In 1976 Canada ratified the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. Yet, despite having ratified this Covenant 30 years ago, little progress has been achieved for the most vulnerable groups in Canadian society.
NAWL Calls on Prime Minister Harper to respect international law on social and economic rights (June 28, 2006)
The Issues
- Women and the Family
- Women, Work and Equality
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Social and Economic Rights
- New SCC decision on economic rights in the family
- Economic Rights Within the Family Project
- The Gosselin Case
- Discrimination on the Basis of Social Condition
- Women and the Social Deficit
- Women and Fiscal Policy
- Press Releases on Women’s Social and Economic Rights
- Jurisfemme Articles on Women’s Social and Economic Rights
- Violence Against Women
- Immigration and Refugee Law
- Women’s Human Rights
- Women and Politics