West Coast Legal Education and Action Fund
| Type | NGO |
|---|---|
| Website | westcoastleaf.org |
| Location |
Vancouver, BC
 Canada
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| Functions | Fieldwork |
| Tags | gender equity well being |
| Summary | They recognize that gender-based inequalities threaten the safety, well-being, and human rights not only of women, but also of Two-Spirit people, intersex people, gender non-conforming people, trans people of all genders (not only women), and people with non-binary gender identities. West Coast LEAF is committed to an inclusive vision of feminism that defends the right to be free from discrimination based on gender identity and gender expression. |
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West Coast Legal Education and Action Fund · 10 July 2023 English
This is contrary to sections 20, 21(1)(c), 22(2)(b), 23(2)(b), 23(4), and 31 of the FMEA, which allows the court to either order that the debtor be imprisoned or issue a …
West Coast Legal Education and Action Fund · 12 June 2023 English
Funding must be directed to Indigenous Nations and communities to ensure that they have the resources to support families in accordance with their own traditions and practices, respecting the self-determination …
West Coast Legal Education and Action Fund · 9 June 2023 English
AESHA findings have also been shared in a submission to the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) of the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner on …
West Coast Legal Education and Action Fund · 30 May 2023 English
We recognize and strive to uphold our relational accountability to the Indigenous Advisory Circle and our broader community by implementing this plan with intentionality, humility, and respect. [...] • Require …
West Coast Legal Education and Action Fund · 24 May 2023 English
In the January 24, 2020 decision granting West Coast LEAF leave to intervene, the Tribunal concluded that West Coast LEAF “has a unique and helpful perspective to bring to the …
West Coast Legal Education and Action Fund · 19 May 2023 English
4(2)(b) of the PPPA, on one side of the public interest weighing exercise, the factor to be considered in favour of the public interest in continuing the proceeding is the …
West Coast Legal Education and Action Fund · 2 May 2023
By way of example, the court below held that the trial judge’s finding that it was “unlikely” that the respondent and the complainant had shared a gin and tonic “given …
West Coast Legal Education and Action Fund · 25 April 2023 English
Community-based calls to increase rates of financial assistance are supported by numerous expert reports, including the National Inquiry on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (the National Inquiry)’s Calls …
West Coast Legal Education and Action Fund · 3 April 2023 English
The proposed interveners seek leave to intervene to assist the Court in its analysis of the issues raised in this appeal, the impact of which will reverberate beyond this decision …
West Coast Legal Education and Action Fund · 10 March 2023 English
Apart from acknowledging and addressing the roots of social work practice as a pillar of colonialism, the laws and policies that empower and guide social workers must go further to …