CANADIAN WOMAN STUDIES

This brief article addresses the process of the NGO Forum on Women in 1995, the purpose of which was to lobby the United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women to define agendas for the future of women internationally. The author discusses particular issues affecting Inuit peoples in Canada and the methods by which she and others communicated their concerns regarding these issues at the Forum. The author outlines major issues of concern for Indigenous peoples around the world determined by the Beijing Declaration of Indigenous Women: self-determination, land

This article addresses the marginalization and discrimination faced by Indigenous women worldwide. The author argues that the human rights of Indigenous women, including the right to live free from violence, the right to self-determination, and the right to own property, are frequently violated in Canada and abroad. The piece addresses these issues within a human rights framework and considers the treatment of human rights under various international conventions. The author outlines key international instruments and concludes that to successfully combat human

The author discusses Canada's role in the international trafficking of women. She begins by noting that the Canadian government and news media have only recently begun to pay attention to the situation of trafficked women in Canada. She then looks at the UN Trafficking Protocol and examines the international process leading to the protocol. In her discussion of the global structure of trafficking and the Canadian government's response, the author notes that the latter is based largely on law enforcement and stringent immigration policies, resulting in criminalization of migrant sex workers.

This article discusses the legitimacy of using human rights discourse in an Aboriginal context. The author begins by examining differences between Aboriginal and Western cultures in reference to the notion of individual human rights within a collective society. The article also reviews some Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms jurisprudence regarding Aboriginal rights and demonstrates how these cases focus on the notion of individual rights.

This article focuses on the civil and political rights of Aboriginal women and argues that these rights exist under section 35 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and that they have never been extinguished. The author uses Supreme Court jurisprudence to support the argument that the contemporary civil and political rights of Aboriginal women were affirmed with the passage of the Charter. The author also briefly discusses the extent to which international law demonstrates the existence of Aboriginal women's rights.