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The Canadian Feminist Alliance for International Action (FAFIA) condemns the escalation of violence, arrests and detainment of Indigenous peoples, social justice activists, land defenders, legal observers, and the people of the unceded, un-surrendered Wet’suwet’en and Gitxsan territories by the militarized Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP). We are dismayed that during a state of emergency and […]

On September 17, 2021 FAFIA organized an expert panel discussion on The RCMP: Its Culture and Future. This event’s success is in large part thanks to the 300+ folks who registered, tuned in, engaged in the chat, and learned about women and policing in Canada from experts.  If you missed out, you can find the recorded video of […]

Find attached the submission by the petitioners Sharon McIvor and Jacon Grismer to the United Nations Human Rights Committee at the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, United Nations Geneva. The petitioner submit to the Committee that Canada has failed to implement the Committee’s Decision in Sharon McIvor and Jacob Grismer v. Canada […]

Read FAFIA’s submission on the Day of General Discussion on the Rights of Indigenous women to the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW). This submission focusses on the sex discrimination in Canada’s Indian Act because it is a key example of how discrimination against Indigenous women works in the context of colonial […]

The Canadian Feminist Alliance for International Action is deeply disappointed in the National Action Plan released today by the Government of Canada. We hoped for, and expected to see, a fleshed out plan, with actions, goals, timetables, resources, and responsibilities assigned, that would respond to the urgent nature of the crisis of violence against Indigenous […]

For Immediate Release: June 3, 2021 Read the full PDF version here. Ottawa, ON – The National Action Plan and Federal Pathway on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls is not an adequate response to the crisis of murders and disappearances, and the ongoing genocide against Indigenous women and girls and 2SLGBTQQIA+ people that […]

May 21, 2021 Because of COVID-19, several reviews of Canada by United Nations treaty bodies have been delayed. However, in preparation for the next review of Canada by the Human Rights Committee, FAFIA made a submission in May 2021 regarding the list of issues that Canada should be asked to focus on when it reports […]

To commemorate 2020 International Human Rights Day, FAFIA and YWCA Canada release special human rights chapter for Canada’s Feminist Economic Recovery Plan Click here for the PDF version. December 10th, 2020 Toronto, ON – To mark International Human Rights Day, The Canadian Feminist Alliance for International Action (FAFIA) in partnership with YWCA Canada have released […]

Letter: Action Plan on Women in the Economy Taskforce (November 17, 2020) Over 60 women’s organizations and equality-seeking organizations have signed a letter calling on Prime Minister Trudeau and Minister Freeland’s Women in the Economy taskforce to be representative of experts on care and members of civil society who work on economic justice – not […]

THRONE SPEECH 2020: THE ONLY WAY FORWARD IS WITH A HUMAN RIGHTS APPROACH In response to the Government of Canada’s Throne Speech, FAFIA acknowledges the commitments made to address the social and health crisis of COVID-19 and its disproportionate impact on women in Canada, especially Indigenous women, racialized women, Black women, newcomer women, 2SLGBTQ women, […]

Throne Speech and Ending Sex Discrimination in the Indian Act Please find the PDF version here For immediate release (Ottawa, September 22, 2020) – In partnership with Indigenous women leaders and Indigenous organizations, the Canadian Feminist Alliance for International Action (FAFIA), is requesting that the Government of Canada include in its Throne Speech on September […]

FAFIA is pleased to welcome Hawa Mire as its new Executive Director and Tara Ward as its new Director of Women’s Human Rights. They will be working alongside staff, Cyndia Mondésir, FAFIA’s Communications and Membership Coordinator and Shivangi Misra, Policy and Projects Manager.