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Canadian Partners
bulletCanadian Association of Sexual Assault Centres (CASAC)
bulletCanadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women (CRIAW)
bulletCanadian Women's Health Network (CWHN)
bulletCanadian Women's Studies Association (CWSA)
bulletCentre de documentation sur l'éducation des adultes et la condition féminine (CDÉACF)
bulletCybersolidaires
bulletDAWN Canada: DisAbled Women's Network Canada
bulletDAWN Ontario: DisAbled Women's Network Ontario
bulletGirls Action Foundation
bulletKitchen Table Collective
bulletWomen's Legal Education and Action Fund (LEAF)
bulletMétis National Council of Women
bulletNational Aboriginal Circle Against Family Violence
bulletNational Association of Women and the Law (NAWL)
bulletNew Brunswick Advisory Council on the Status of Women
bulletObservatoire sur le développement régional et l'analyse différenciée selon les sexes (ORÉGAND)
bulletPrairie Women's Health Centre of Excellence (PWHCE)
bulletThe Miss G__ Project for Equity in Education
bulletSection 15
bulletStatus of Women Canada (SWC)


International Partners
bulletAssociation des femmes tunisiennes pour la recherche sur le développement (Afturd)
bulletUnion des Volontaires Associés pour le Paix et le Développement (UNIVADE)


Canadian Partners

bulletCanadian Association of Sexual Assault Centres (CASAC)
We are a Pan Canadian group of sexual assault centres who have come together to implement the legal, social and attitudinal changes necessary to prevent, and ultimately eradicate, rape and sexual assault. As feminists we recognize that violence against women is one of the strongest indicators of prevailing societal attitudes towards women. The intent of the Canadian Association is to act as a force for social change regarding violence against women at the individual, the institutional and the political level.

bulletCanadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women (CRIAW)*
CRIAW is a national, not-for-profit organisation committed to advancing women's equality through research. Founded in 1976, CRIAW is a bilingual, membership-based organisation which bridges the gap between the community and academe, and between research and action. CRIAW publishes woman-centred research and sponsors research through a grant-in-aid program and an annual scholarship. CRIAW also maintains a database of feminist researchers, sponsors a national conference every two years, and recognises feminist scholars and writers with prizes and awards. Furthermore, CRIAW operates a resource centre, links with women's groups both in Canada and abroad, and provides a quarterly newsletter to all its members.

bulletCanadian Women's Health Network (CWHN)*
The CWHN was officially launched in 1993 by women representing over 70 organisations from every province and territory. Based on the visions, hopes and needs of women working in the women's health movement, the CWHN emerged from the generous dedication of health care workers, educators, advocates, consumers and other Canadians committed to sharing information, resources and strategies to better women's health. The CWHN is a network of individuals, groups, organisations and institutions concerned with women's health. The CWHN recognises the importance of information sharing, education and advocacy for women's health and equality. The CWHN works to build and strengthen the women's health movement in Canada and throughout the world.

bulletCanadian Women's Studies Association (CWSA)*
The CWSA, founded in 1982, is a bilingual, pan-Canadian, feminist association. Its members are Women's Studies faculty and students, as well as policy researchers and community activists. The goals of the CWSA are to build a Women's Studies network across Canada, and to promote Women's Studies as an interdisciplinary field within the academic community.

bulletCentre de documentation sur l'éducation des adultes et la condition féminine (CDÉACF)*
En 1983, l'Institut canadien de l'éducation des adultes et Relais-Femmes de Montréal ont décidé de fusionner leurs centres de documentation pour former le CDÉACF et de le rendre disponible au grand public. Par la suite, le Regroupement des groupes populaires en alphabétisation du Québec, le Centre populaire de documentation, la Fédération du Québec pour le planning des naissances et le Regroupement Naissance Renaissance ont enrichi le CDÉACF de leurs collections. Dans une perspective de démocratisation des connaissances, de reconnaissance du droit à l'information et de valorisation du patrimoine documentaire communautaire québécois, le CDÉACF est un carrefour d'échanges et un espace d'expression qui a pour mission de collecter, diffuser et promouvoir et rendre accessibles, en français, les savoir et savoir-faire des milieux de l'éducation des adultes, de l'alphabétisation et de la condition féminine du Québec et des communautés francophones du Canada.

bulletCybersolidaires
Cybersolidaires est un organisme sans but lucratif ayant pour mandat de renforcer la défense des droits des femmes et de leur droit à la communication par le biais du développement de l'exploitation sociale et démocratique des technologies d'information et de communication (TIC) afin de donner plus d'impact aux analyses et actions du mouvement des femmes.

bulletDAWN Canada: DisAbled Women's Network Canada
DisAbled Women's Network Canada is a national feminist organization comprised and controlled by women with disabilities. We are from all backgrounds and all disabilities. Our national network was founded in 1985 and our goal is to make a difference in the lives of women and girls with disabilities. We are an organization that believes WE are the experts when it comes to social, political, and economic changes necessary to better our lives. We are an organization that believes we have the right to self determination, self identification, and to control and direct our own lives.

bulletDAWN Ontario: DisAbled Women's Network Ontario
DAWN (DisAbled Women's Network) Ontario is a feminist, cross-disAbility, voluntary sector organization working towards access, equity, and full participation of Women with disAbilities through public education, coalition-building, research, self-advocacy, resource development, information and communication technology. DAWN Ontario is a progressive organization committed to the promotion of social and economic justice in Ontario by increasing solidarity and the sharing of information and strategies.

bulletGirls Action Foundation
Girls Action Foundation is a national charitable organization. Our stewardship and nurturing of over 200 partnering organizations celebrates and empowers girls and young women to create positive change in their communities. 

Our work impacts more than 60,000 girls and young women from coast to coast to coast. We reach remote, marginalized and urban communities, including those in the North.

bulletKitchen Table Collective
We are a feminist affinity group that organizes and sponsors local feminist activities. Mailing Address: Women's Studies Program, University of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan, S4S 0A2. Telephone: (306) 585-5280. Fax: (306) 585-4827. Email: Darlene.Juschka@uregina.ca, Joyce.Green@uregina.ca, Joseph.Roberts@uregina.ca.

bulletWomen's Legal Education and Action Fund (LEAF)
LEAF is a national, non-profit organization committed to using the provisions of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms to promote equality for women. LEAF undertakes legal action by intervening at the Canadian appellate courts on significant cases that will establish important principles of equality for women. LEAF's cases are selected by its National Legal Committee.

bulletMétis National Council of Women
The Métis National Council of Women is the only national, autonomous, equality seeking Métis women’s representative organization. While there is a long-standing legal and constitutional dispute about where jurisdictions and responsibilities for the Métis begin and end, the Métis National Council of Women acknowledges and represents all Métis women that live in all areas of Canada. The Métis National Council of Women is the only national, autonomous, equality seeking Métis women's representative organization. While there is a long-standing legal and constitutional dispute about where jurisdictions and responsibilities for the Métis begin and end, the Métis National Council of Women acknowledges and represents all Métis women that live in all areas of Canada. One of the Métis National Council of Women's goals is to advocate and lobby to ensure that Métis women are active participants in current and future domestic policy development and implementation. Métis women must have the opportunity to intervene effectively at the national level and hold governments accountable to their national and international commitments and obligations. Métis women at the community level must have access to funding to address the economic and social inequalities that they continue to face such as exclusion and lack of consultation on the development of policies and implementation of programs.

bulletNational Aboriginal Circle Against Family Violence (NACAFV)
The National Aboriginal Circle Against Family Violence (The Circle) is a national non-profit orgainzation that promotes the network between Aboriginal women's shelters and advocates for the rights of Aboriginal women facing violence.

bulletNational Association of Women and the Law (NAWL)*
NAWL is a Canadian non-profit organisation that has worked to improve the legal status of women in Canada through law reform since 1974. NAWL is governed by a regionally representative National Steering Committee elected by its membership. NAWL promotes the equality rights of women through legal education, research and law reform advocacy. NAWL recognises that each woman's experience of inequality is unique due to systemic discrimination related to race, class, sexual orientation, disability, age, language and other factors. NAWL's general objectives are to: achieve equality before and within the legal system; eliminate violence against women; ensure a decent standard of living for all women through legislative reform; guarantee employment and pay equity, remove barriers that limit access to equality for all groups of women, establish a fairer deal for women and children in the event of divorce; and ensure reproductive choice and monitor new reproductive technologies.

bulletNew Brunswick Advisory Council on the Status of Women
The Advisory Council on the Status of Women was created by the provincial government as an agency for consultation and study on matters relating to the status of New Brunswick women. The Council was created to 1) advise governments, 2) increase awareness of the population on issues, programs and services. 3) recommend legislation, policies and practices to the Government of New Brunswick, 4) facilitate networking among women’s groups, and 5) gather, research and disseminate information. There are 13 appointed members, plus a small staff, who work at promoting equality of opportunity, freedom from discrimination, equal treatment, equal benefit, equal status, equality of results - as well as respect of differences - between women and men in all sectors of New Brunswick society.

bulletObservatoire sur le développement régional et l'analyse différenciée selon les sexes (ORÉGAND)
L’ORÉGAND a fait l’objet d’une entente spécifique initiée par le Conseil régional de développement de l’Outaouais (CRDO) dont l’UQO est également signataire. Il a pour mission de produire des recherches, des analyses et des expertises sur la situation des hommes et des femmes en Outaouais, mais aussi sur les méthodes de veille de l’évolution des inégalités entre les hommes et les femmes.

bulletPrairie Women's Health Centre of Excellence (PWHCE)
The mission of the Prairie Women's Health Centre of Excellence (PWHCE) is to improve women's health through high quality women-centred, action-oriented research and policy analysis. The Centre supports and fosters research designed to increase knowledge of the factors which influence women's and girl's health and well-being. Building on this research and analysis, the Centre develops gender-sensitive policy and progra recommendations which promote women's and girl's health.

bulletSection 15
section15.ca was created to engage you. Move you. Surprise you. To give you a feminist take on Canadian history, as well as the country’s people, events and culture. This site focuses on economic, social, cultural, civil and political rights. According to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, these rights are needed in order to enjoy freedom from fear and want. Because of its educational nature, section15.ca embraces a spectrum of perspectives, and has no political party affiliations. Language here respects the rights of others.

bulletStatus of Women Canada (SWC)
Status of Women Canada (SWC) is a federal government organization that promotes the full participation of women in the economic, social and democratic life of Canada. SWC works to advance equality for women and to remove the barriers to women's participation in society, putting particular emphasis on increasing women's economic security and eliminating violence against women.

bulletThe Miss G__ Project for Equity in Education
We are a group of concerned citizens working to combat sexism through education and empower young people by encouraging active citienship. Our organization's objective is to get a Women's Studies course into the Ontario Secondary School curriculum. Please visit our website (www.themissgproject.org) for further details on why and how we are doing this.



International Partners

bulletAssociation des femmes tunisiennes pour la recherche sur le développement (Afturd)
L'Afturd, née en 1989, est un groupe des femmes universitaires de tous bords. Elle s'intéresse essentiellement à la recherche sur les femmes en Tunisie, dans le Maghreb et dans le monde arabe mais a des relations au-delà du monde arabe. Elle travaille notamment pour des actions positives pour les droits de citoyenneté des femmes et l'égalité des chances au Maghreb, avec le soutien de l'Union Européenne et de l'IMED, l'Institut Méditerranéen (Italie). Dans ce cadre, un projet transnational a permis la réalisation d'une « Maison pour les femmes » dans trois pays du Maghreb : la Tunisie, l'Algérie, et le Maroc avec des guichets d'écoute pour aider les femmes.

bulletUnion des Volontaires Associés pour le Paix et le Développement (UNIVADE)
L'UNIVADE est une organisation féministe d'encadrement et de la défense des droits de la femme et enfant victimes de l'intolérence et l'exclusion sociale. Il s'agit des femmmes et enfants rendus vulnérables suite aux déplacements causés par les guerres, les divers conflits familiaux, délogements anarchiques, divorces et violences subies.



*Founding Partners

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