Canadian Women Leaders Advocate for Abducted Nigerian Girls

May 29, 2014 Right Honourable Stephen Harper Prime Minister House of Commons Ottawa, ON K1A 0A6 Dear Mr. Prime Minister: As a community of organizations working to end violence against women and girls locally and globally we offer our support and show solidarity with...

Schlifer Award Recipient Named UN Special Rapporteur

Leilani Farha is the new Special Rapporteur on the right to adequate housing by the Human rights Council in Geneva! Attend the 2014 Award presentation to this year’s recipient on June 12 at the Daniels Spectrum.      ...

Fighting to Restore Canadian Gun Registry

“Toronto legal clinic’s battle to restore Canada’s long-gun registry heats up!” The Toronto Star article highlights our Clinic’s battle to reinstate the gun registry: “The safety and security of women and their equal access to justice has not...

New Refugee Rules: End of Canada’s Humanitarian Tradition

The battle lines in the current fight are not about leading the world, but about following it to a worse future for refugees. We must let go of the idea that Canada’s refugee system is better, fairer, more generous or more humanitarian than other systems in the world....