LEAF - the Women's Legal Education and Action Fund - is a national charitable organization that works toward ensuring the law guarantees substantive equality for all women in Canada.
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LEAF 25th Anniversary Timeline
Women's Equality Rights and the Niqab
- N.S. v. R. - LEAF argues sexual assault complainant entitled to testify wearing niqab
- Download LEAF factum in Ontario Court of Appeal case of R. v. N.S.
- Download Media Advisory
- Download Backgrounder
- LEAF opposes Quebec Bill 94 Ban on the Niqab
- Media Coverage:
LEAF sends letter to the editor on backlash to discussion of abortion at the G8 summit
Bill C-3
- Sex Discrimination under the Status Provisions of the Indian Act - LEAF Standing Committee Submission
- Bill C-3 LEAF Media Release on amendments to the Bill at Second Reading
- Sharon McIvor’s Submission and Report
- Sharon McIvor Biography
LEAF Manitoba Latest News
Show your support for the equality of women, through the purchase of a t-shirt and by becoming a member or donor of LEAF. To order a t-shirt (Pink font- Womens/ Black font -Mens) click here
To pay by cheque, click here to download order form
- To ensure the rights of women and girls in Canada, as guaranteed in the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, are upheld in our courts, human rights commissions and government agencies; and
- To take actions to reveal how factors such as race, class, Aboriginal status, sexual orientation, ability, and religion compound discrimination against women.