West Coast Legal Education and Action Fund
| Type | NGO |
|---|---|
| Website | westcoastleaf.org |
| Location |
Vancouver, BC
 Canada
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| Functions | Fieldwork |
| Tags | gender equity well being |
| Summary | They recognize that gender-based inequalities threaten the safety, well-being, and human rights not only of women, but also of Two-Spirit people, intersex people, gender non-conforming people, trans people of all genders (not only women), and people with non-binary gender identities. West Coast LEAF is committed to an inclusive vision of feminism that defends the right to be free from discrimination based on gender identity and gender expression. |
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West Coast Legal Education and Action Fund · 10 March 2023 English
Apart from acknowledging and addressing the roots of social work practice as a pillar of colonialism, the laws and policies that empower and guide social workers must go further to …
West Coast Legal Education and Action Fund · 1 March 2023 English
British Columbia needs an intersectional Pay Equity Act that enshrines in law the responsibility of all employers to identify and close gaps in pay for work of equal value. [...] …
West Coast Legal Education and Action Fund · 24 January 2023 English
Barriers to economic security and access to healthcare Healthcare took on heightened significance due to the ongoing impacts of COVID-19. [...] Discrimination in Healthcare To produce the Report Card, we …
West Coast Legal Education and Action Fund · 24 January 2023 English
Barriers to economic security and access to healthcare Healthcare took on heightened significance due to the ongoing impacts of COVID-19. [...] Discrimination in Healthcare To produce the Report Card, we …
West Coast Legal Education and Action Fund · 20 January 2023 English
The grades we ultimately assigned in each area of this Report Card reflect our best To produce this Report Card, we worked with a efforts to compile the many diverse …
West Coast Legal Education and Action Fund · 20 January 2023 English
The grades we ultimately assigned in each area of this Report Card reflect our best To produce this Report Card, we worked with a efforts to compile the many diverse …
West Coast Legal Education and Action Fund · 6 December 2022 English
Why the Child Welfare Communities of Practice Project matters This term describes how the system This special edition of the Winter LEAFlet maintains power and control over the examines the …
West Coast Legal Education and Action Fund · 8 November 2022 English
As part of our learning journey, we have been reflecting on the power of language to name and describe what is known as the “child welfare system.” Family policing scholar …
West Coast Legal Education and Action Fund · 30 August 2022 English
The ongoing colonial legacy of the child protection system is directly reflected in the crisis of MMIWG2S2, the overrepresentation of Indigenous children and youth in care, harmful removals, and the …
West Coast Legal Education and Action Fund · 22 August 2022 English
West Coast LEAF is representing the organizational plaintiff in this case to challenge the Province of BC’s laws and policies restricting access to legal aid in family law cases. [...] …