The Women’s Legal Education and Action Fund released a report on the need for more “avenues to justice” in Canada to address sexual violence.“This research shows that justice for many more people is possible if we also look outside the criminal legal system,” said LEAF’s executive director and general counsel Pam Hrick. The report, co-authored by Mandi … Read more
The Canadian Association of Elizabeth Fry Societies and the Women’s Legal Education and Action Fund have been granted leave to intervene in Coalition at the Supreme Court of Canada in R. v Ryan, as the court considers for the first time, the availability of the defense of duress in the domestic violence setting. The full … Read more
Equal Voice responded to a Senate reform bill tabled in the House of Commons by insisting that the government appoint women to the Senate until gender equality is achieved. The Women's Legal Education and Action Fund (LEAF) Director Joanna Birenbaum also supported Equal Voice by saying that women are entitled to effective representation and to … Read more
