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Two people are standing in front of a large sign that says "Nations Unies United Nations." One is holding the High Stakes report by West Coast LEAF about child care and the human rights of women and children. The other is holding the 10aDay Child Care plan and has her fist raised.

We’re holding BC accountable to international equality rights standards

Today, as we commemorate the anniversary of the brutal murders of 14 women at Montreal’s École Polytechnique in 1989, we pledge to fight. On this National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence against Women, we release our 10th Read More

We’re telling the Province and LSS that women’s equality isn’t optional

After facing year after year of government inaction on family law legal aid, last year we launched a lawsuit against the BC government and the Legal Services Society asking for something very straightforward: a legal aid regime that gives Read More

We’re back in court to stop solitary confinement

Isolating people in prison for up to 23 hours per day is against the law. Today, we are back in court to intervene in the ongoing Charter challenge to solitary confinement together with our friends at the Native Women’s Read More

Justice for Survivors

Today, West Coast LEAF released a report about why women often do not report sexual assault through the criminal justice system – in women’s own voices. We Are Here: Women’s Experiences of the Barriers to Reporting Sexual Assault centres women’s Read More

A still from an animated video. A hand with an outstreched palm in the middle of the frame is holding the word "CONSENT."

Introducing The Unfinished Story of Yes

A huge amount of work remains to be done to shift society, including the criminal justice system, to better support people who have been sexually assaulted. Today, West Coast LEAF is proud to release our new animated video, The Read More

Budgeting for equality

This week, West Coast LEAF made budget submissions to the provincial and federal governments. We urged both levels of government to build budgets that will advance equality in BC and throughout Canada. On Monday, we urged BC to use Read More

Oppression thrives in silence

Dignity and safety are at the heart of equality. Last Friday, West Coast LEAF was granted leave to intervene in an important case about dignity and safety for trans people. In BC, the Human Rights Code (“Code”) sets out Read More

Solitary Appeal Moving Forward – and We’ll Be There!

West Coast LEAF and NWAC team up to bring intersecting oppressions to the fore. This past January, the BC Supreme Court ruled in a landmark decision that Canada’s practice of solitary confinement in federal prisons is unconstitutional. Notably, Justice Read More

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