June 15th’s press release on Bill S-3. Women leaders ask for a meeting to eliminate all sex discrimination in the Indian Act.
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Update on Bill S-3: Check out the letters sent out to federal ministerspost
Sharon McIvor, Pam Palmater and other organizations seeking support on the end of sex discrimination in the Indian Act and Bill S-3 have sent letters to federal ministers. Check out the letters below: Sharon McIvor’s letter FAFIA, LEAF, Palmater, Gehl, Eberts, Brodsky, Day’s letter Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs’ letter Ontario Native Women’s Association’s letter […]
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Send a letter to federal Ministers encouraging them to support Indigenous women’s equality and the 6(1)(a) all the way amendment!post
Sign and send letters to call upon the Prime Minister and key Ministers to take decisive action to promote the equality of Indigenous women and their descendants!
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Sharon McIvor and Pam Palmater on Indian Act Sex Discriminationpost
Go listen to Sharon McIvor and Pam Palmater testify at the Senate Committee on Aboriginal Peoples!
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End Sexist Discrimination within the Indian Act: Tell the Senate to Support 6(1)(a) All the Way!post
You can support Indigenous women’s equality by contacting your provincial or territorial Senators and telling them to support Senator McPhedran’s proposed amendment.
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Government Still Refuses to Remove Sex Discrimination from the Indian Actpost
One more time, the government fails to remove sex discrimination from the Indian Act. Bill S-3 is back in the Senate and Sharon McIvor sends letters to the Standing Committee on Aboriginal Peoples regarding this topic.
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Women with Disabilities in Canada: FAFIA and DAWN submit a report to the CRPD!post
FAFIA and the DisAbled Women’s Network Canada (DAWN Canada) submitted a report to the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) on the occasion of Canada’s first report on its compliance with the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Women with disabilities’ experiences of discrimination in Canada are shaped not only by barriers based […]
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Step Up for Women’s Equality!post
FAFIA-AFAI launches a new campaign Step Up for Women’s Equality!
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One More Time: The Government of Canada fails to remove all sex discrimination from the Indian Actpost
The Canadian Feminist Alliance for International Action (FAFIA) is dismayed that the Government of Canada has introduced legislation (Bill S 3) to amend the Indian Act, which, one more time, will not remove all the sex discrimination in the status registration provisions.
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United Nations calls on Canada to implement a comprehensive National Gender Equality Planpost
In extensive Concluding Observations issued today, the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women calls on federal, provincial and territorial governments to establish a comprehensive National Gender Equality Plan that will address the structural factors that perpetuate women’s inequality in Canada.
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Joint Statement: Canada held to account for its disappointing women’s rights record by the UN CEDAWpost
Today Canada’s record of women’s equality is under the spotlight at the United Nations in Geneva. The 65th Session of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women happens at an opportune moment for Canadian women. Canada has a new federal government with a Prime Minister who says he is a feminist, calls for a nation-to-nation relationship, and acknowledges that “poverty is sexist”. We know words matter, but now we need action.
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FAFIA’s Latest Submissions to the CEDAW Committeepost
FAFIA has been working hard to prepare reports to the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women’s (CEDAW) upcoming review of Canada. The reports have been submitted! Check them out!