Women – Justice and Women's Rights
- Aboriginal Women's Rights are Human Rights
- The Report examines Bill C-31. This legislation did reinstate to Indian status women who had lost it under s. 12(l)(b),
Source: Government of Canada; Justice Canada, Department of- An Interview with Michèle Audette
- An Interview with Michèle Audette, Spokesperson for Quebec Native Women Inc since 1997. Michèle Audette reiterates the mission of her organization: to offer native women an equal place in Canadian society - a goal that is still far from reality.
- Source: Association for Women's Rights in Development
- Examination of Aboriginal and Caucasian Women Offender Risk and Needs Factors, An (PDF)
- This comparative research determines the differences in needs and risk between Aboriginal and Caucasian women offenders in federal custody.
- Source: Government of Canada; Correctional Service Canada (CSC)
- Federally Sentenced Aboriginal Women in Maximum Security: What Happened to the Promises of "Creating Choices"?
- It offers CSC recommendations and insights into better serving the Aboriginal women in maximum security.
- Source: Government of Canada; Correctional Service Canada (CSC)
- Indigenous Women of the Americas
- Through the establishment of support networks and training sessions, IWA seeks to empower Indigenous women, broaden their access to economic and political participation and protect their traditional knowledge and cultural heritage.
- Source: Congress of Aboriginal Peoples (CAP)
- Matrimonial Real Property
- Discusses how in the Canadian legal system, matrimonial property is generally defined as property owned by one or both spouses and used for a family purpose.
- Source: Government of Canada; Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC)
- Native Women Suffer Most in "Discriminatory" Prison System: Advocates
- Women, especially aboriginals, are increasingly landing in prison where they face sometimes brutal discrimination.
- Source: DAWN Ontario (DisAbled Women's Network Ontario)
- Needs Assessment of Federal Aboriginal Women Offenders, A (PDF)
- This study identified the needs of Aboriginal women incarcerated in federal correctional facilities and serving time in the community, and more specifically substance abuse and family related needs.
- Source: Government of Canada; Correctional Service Canada (CSC)
- Protecting Indigenous Women's Intellectual Property – Indigenous Women's Continental Network
- Tools for thought and action with regard to protecting the traditional designs and patterns of indigenous women
- Source: International Centre for Human Rights and Democratic Development
- Responses from Aboriginal Women in Seven (7) INAC-Funded Shelters Regarding Matrimonial Real Property (MRP) (PDF)
- This report documents the views of Aboriginal women from INAC-funded women’s shelters on the different options for proposed legislative changes to the Indian Act.
- Source: National Aboriginal Circle Against Family Violence
- Rights of Aboriginal Women On- And Off-Reserve (PDF)
- This paper describes Aboriginal women’s right within their own societies and the discrimination they have suffered both on- and off-reserve as a result of Canadian laws.
- Source: Scow Institute
- Sisters in Spirit
- Over the past 20 years, approximately 500 Aboriginal women have gone missing in communities across Canada. Yet government, the media, and Canadian society continue to remain silent.
- Source: Native Women’s Association of Canada
- Survey of Federally Sentenced Aboriginal Women in the Community
- This is a report about First Nations women in the Canadian federal prison system
- Source: Government of Canada; Correctional Service Canada (CSC)
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