This issue paper examines the role and impacts of the Canadian justice system in the devaluation of Aboriginal women, and puts forth recommendations to improve their lives.
The Report examines Bill C-31. This legislation did reinstate to Indian status women who had lost it under s. 12(l)(b), and others who had been involuntarily disenfranchised.
In an interview with Michèle Audette, Spokesperson for Quebec Native Women Inc, she reiterates the mission of her organization: to offer native women an equal place in Canadian society.
ᓇᕿᑦ: Association for Women's Rights in Development
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.
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.
ᓇᕿᑦ: ᑲᓇᑕᐅᑉ ᒐᕙᒪᖓ; Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC)
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.
ᓇᕿᑦ: ᑲᓇᑕᐅᑉ ᒐᕙᒪᖓ; Correctional Service Canada (CSC)
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.
Addresses violence against Aboriginal women, particularly racialized and/or sexualized violence, that is, violence perpetrated against Aboriginal women because of their gender and Aboriginal identity.