UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA LAW REVIEW

This paper examines the intersection between international economic and tax laws and gender impact analysis, beginning with a discussion of women's realities: unpaid work, higher rates of poverty, lack of power, and constrained ability to accumulate investment capital. The author assesses CEDAW and other international documents to emphasize that eradication of gender discrimination is an ongoing commitment. She then focuses on the steps Canada has taken to implement mainstreaming gender equality at the federal level. The author concludes with an

This article seeks to show that the defence of constructive consent in sexual abuse cases as articulated by the Supreme Court of Canada increases the difficulty for victims to procure a civil remedy. The author argues that constructive consent undermines the autonomy and dignity of women by allowing for the objective determination of consent by a third party in cases of sexual assault; "only voluntary and affirmative consent should be accepted as a valid defence to claims of sexual wrongdoing".

This article focuses on the issue of victims' rights and addresses the extent to which the rights of Aboriginal women are protected when they are victims of violence. The article begins with a review of traditional Aboriginal systems of justice that addressed male violence against women and draws comparisons to the current practices in the Canadian judicial system. The article then moves to focus on the potential for the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms to protect victims' rights and reviews the jurisprudence of the Supreme Court of Canada on this issue.