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Moving Forward on Women’s Equality, Brief to the Standing Committee on Finance Pre-Budget Consultation (September 2003)
The B.C. CEDAW Group submits that the federal government, when considering
spending priorities, must take into account 1) the negative impact on women of recent
cuts and changes to social programs and services made in the Province of British
The B.C. CEDAW Group’s submission to the Standing Committee on Finance, outlining that the federal government, when considering spending priorities, [...]
Posted in Submissions to Government Also tagged British Columbia, domestic human rights law, human rights law, women's poverty
UN singles out BC government on women’s rights (March 2003)
B.C. is not meeting its obligations to women under international human rights law. That
was the clear message of the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of
Discrimination against Women in comments issued recently in New York City.
The U.N. Committee singled out the province of British Columbia for criticism in its
review of Canada’s compliance with the United [...]
Posted in Commentary Also tagged British Columbia, social program cuts, United Nations, welfare, women's poverty
B.C. CEDAW Report: British Columbia Moves Backwards on Women’s Equality
B.C. CEDAW Report: British Columbia Moves Backwards on Women’s Equality, prepared by the Poverty and Human Rights Project for 12 women’s and anti-poverty organizations in British Columbia, submitted to the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women on the occasion of the review of Canada’s 5th report on its compliance with the [...]
Posted in Submissions to UN Also tagged British Columbia, economic rights, social rights, United Nations, women's poverty
Beyond the Social and Economic Rights Debate: Substantive Equality Speaks to Poverty (2002)
An emerging issue in Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms1 jurisprudence is the defeat of poverty-related challenges based on their characterization as ‘social and economic’ rights claims. In a variety of cases, governments have argued, with some success in lower courts, that the Charter is a negative rights instrument—a document of civil and political rights rather than of social [...]
Posted in Articles & Reports Also tagged Charter, economic rights, women's poverty
Nothing to report: Submission of the B.C. CEDAW Group