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The Native Women’s Association of Canada Opposes the Bedford Prostitution Decision
PRESS RELEASE – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Ottawa, ON (March 29, 2012) The Native Women’s Association of Canada (NWAC) is disappointed with the Ontario Court of Appeal Decision, which declared the Criminal Code provision restricting “common bawdy houses” unconstitutional. This means that johns cannot be criminalized if found purchasing sex in a brothel. The court also […]
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Read MoreInter-American Commission on Human Rights Holds Hearing on Disappearances and Murders of Aboriginal Women and Girls in British Columbia
Press Release – For Immediate Release Ottawa, ON (March 27, 2012) The Native Women’s Association of Canada (NWAC) and the Canadian Feminist Alliance for International Action (FAFIA) will appear tomorrow before the Inter-American Commission of Human Rights in Washington D.C. to provide a thematic briefing on the subject of the disappearances and murders of Aboriginal […]
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Read MoreNWAC Responds to the Concluding Observations of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
PRESS RELEASE – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 20, 2012 (Ottawa, ON) – The Native Women’s Association of Canada (NWAC) was pleased to see some of the recommendations made by the United Nations Committee but was disappointed by the lack of attention paid to the issues First Nations’ women continue to face regarding their membership, status […]
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Read MoreThematic Briefing – Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
PRESS RELEASE – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 15, 2012 (Ottawa, ON) – The Native Women’s Association of Canada (NWAC) and the Canadian Feminist Alliance for International Action (FAFIA) announced today that they have been granted a hearing by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights on the subject of the Disappearances and Murders of Aboriginal Women […]
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Read MoreIndigenous woman scholar receives top award
Press Release – For Immediate Release Ottawa, ON (8 March 2012) – Indigenous woman scholar receives top award. The Native Women’s Association of Canada is delighted to hear that Dr. Pamela D. Palmater, Chair in Indigenous Governance, Centre for Indigenous Governance, Ryerson University, Toronto, ON has been selected as the recipient of the YWCA 2012 […]
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Read MoreNWAC Cites Withdrawal of Independent Counsel from Missing Women Commission of Inquiry as Further Evidence of Discrimination Against Aboriginal Women
PRESS RELEASE – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 7th , 2012 (Ottawa, ON) -The Native Women’s Association of Canada (NWAC) learned yesterday of the resignation of Ms. Robyn dean Gervais from the position of Independent Counsel for the Missing Women Commission of Inquiry to represent “the perspectives of Aboriginal women”. Her withdrawal confirms our concerns and […]
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Read MoreNWAC Observes International Women’s Day, March 8th, 2012
PRESS RELEASE – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 6th, 2012 (Ottawa, ON) – The Native Women’s Association of Canada (NWAC) will join the international community on March 8 th to celebrate International Women’s Day. On this day, NWAC would like to formally acknowledge and honour all Aboriginal women, past and present, who, despite all odds, have […]
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Read MoreYellowknife Circle: Arrest the Legacy: from residential schools to prisons dialogue
Arrest the Legacy: from residential schools to prisons dialogue Yellowknife, NWT March 1-2, 2012 This is the fifth such circle NWAC has held across the country. The Yellowknife circle will be held in partnership with the Native Women’s Association of the NWT. These circles aim to promote greater futures and opportunities for Aboriginal women and […]
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Read MoreHay River Circle: Arrest the Legacy: from residential schools to prisons dialogue
Arrest the Legacy: from residential schools to prisons dialogue Hay River, NWT Feb 27-29, 2012 This is the fourth such circle NWAC has held across the country. These circles aim to promote greater futures and opportunities for Aboriginal women and girls who are direct or intergenerational survivors of Indian Residential Schools and in conflict with […]
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Read MoreNWAC Supports The 21st Annual Women`s Memorial March
Press Release – For Immediate Release February 14, 2012 (Ottawa, ON) – The Native Women’s Association of Canada (NWAC) fully supports the Memorial March movement and urges all people in Canada to honour the lives of missing and murdered women on February 14th 2012. The first Memorial March was held in 1991 by a grassroots […]
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