British Columbia CEDAW Group

The British Columbia CEDAW Group, a coalition of women's NGOs focused on advancing the equality of women and girls, submitted a report to the Committee analyzing the BC government's implementation of the priority recommendations contained in the Committee's 2008 Concluding Observations on Canada. The report asserts that the Government of British Columbia has failed to act on both of: (i) women's poverty and the lack of adequate social assistance; and (b) the systemic failure to prevent or investigate violence against Aboriginal women and girls. The

The British Columbia CEDAW Group, a coalition of women's NGOs focused on advancing the equality of women and girls, submitted a shadow report for the Committee's review of Canada's sixth and seventh periodic reports on the implementation of CEDAW. The document asserts that the Government of British Columbia continues to marginalize and politically disempower women in that province. The report cites the BC government's refusal to implement the Committee's 2003 recommendations, its elimination of the Ministry of Women's Equality, and its budget cuts to multiple

The British Columbia CEDAW Group, a coalition of women's NGOs committed to advancing the equality of women and girls, submitted a report on the occasion of Canada's fifth periodic report on the implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW). The document asserts that the province of British Columbia is failing in its CEDAW obligations.