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On June 23rd 2020, the Canadian Feminist Alliance for International Action, Dr. Pamela Palmater, Chair in Indigenous Governance at Ryerson University, the Women‘s National Housing and Homelessness Network, and Keepers of the Circle Aboriginal Family Learning Centre, sent a letter to Ministers which requests: Action on RCMP abuse of Inuit women; and An immediate investment of 20 […]

PDF version here MEDIA ADVISORY Impact of COVID-19: Canada’s Continuing Violations of the Human Rights of Indigenous Women and Girls For immediate release (Toronto, June 25, 2020) – Canada has consistently failed to remedy the violations of the human rights of Indigenous women and girls and their communities, which the National Inquiry into Missing and […]

Impact of COVID-19: Canada’s Continuous Human Rights Violations Against Indigenous Women and Girls Canada has consistently failed to remedy the human rights violations committed against Indigenous women and their communities which is exacerbated by COVID-19, and forces them into precarious situations – both on and off reserve – increasing their risks of infections and death […]

We’re hiring!   The Canadian Feminist Alliance for International Action (FAFIA) is currently hiring an Executive Director for a full-time position. Summary: The Executive Director, in collaboration with the FAFIA Steering Committee, is responsible for the leadership and management of FAFIA. We are looking for a dynamic feminist who is committed to furthering women’s substantive […]

In light of COVID-19, the Canadian Feminist Alliance for International Action has written an open letter to Prime Minister Trudeau, outlining why women’s full inclusion is so critically important. Women’s organizations need to be centrally involved in the national planning processes underway as the country moves out of pandemic mode and into our new revitalized […]

A call for human rights oversight of government responses to the COVID-19 pandemic Read the PDF version here Regard for human rights is essential in times of crisis. Human rights principles provide a valuable framework for government action and establish crucial safeguards against abuses. Yet respect for human rights is particularly vulnerable – tenuous at […]

The Canadian Feminist Alliance for International Action has circulated an open letter to Ministers Lametti, Bennett, and Miller, which is attached here. The letter addresses Canada’s application for judicial review of the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal’s decision regarding compensation in the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society case. We are particularly disturbed that Canada has […]

143 Years of Sex-Based Discrimination Through the Indian Act Finally Comes to an End After Decades of Advocacy Read the PDF version here. (Coast Salish Territory/Vancouver, B.C. – August 19, 2019) For over 143 years the status and registration provisions of the Indian Act have been wielded as a colonial tool of assimilation to undermine […]

Canadian Women’s Rights Groups Welcome the Report made by Ms. Dubravka Šimonovic, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women, to the Human Rights Council   Please see the PDF version with all background information.  June 27, 2019, Ottawa Where Press Conference, Thursday June 27, 2019 11:30 a.m. 135-B Press Conference Room The 135-B […]

Please find the PDF version here June 3, 2019 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE COALITION CALLS ON CANADA TO DELIVER EQUALITY FOR INDIGENOUS WOMEN AND GIRLS Today, a coalition of civil society organizations is calling on all governments in Canada to end deeply embedded racism, sexism, and violence against Indigenous women and girls following the release of […]

Please find the PDF version here.  Ottawa, April 9th – “The sex discrimination in the Indian Act must be eliminated before the election is called,” said Sharon McIvor, who filed a successful petition with the UN Human Rights Committee, challenging the sex discrimination. “First Nations women and their descendants still do not have the same […]

1. Please sign on to this letter addressed to the Prime Minister of Canada, the Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations, and the Minister of Justice asking them to remove the sex discrimination from the Indian Act now; to sign on, send us an email at [email protected] by March 20 with your name, if you are signing as an individual, or […]