Canada

Canada: Campagne contre les tribunaux islamiques

Lors d'une conférence de presse, l'organisation Droits et Démocratie a expliqué les conséquences de l'application des lois religieuses par les tribunaux d'arbitrage en Ontario.

Canada: Montreal women criticize sharia

Faith-based arbitration seen by some as authoritarian, sexist, anti-democratic.

Canada: Canada withdraws from Iran event

Canada is pulling out of a conference it was helping to sponsor on promoting business links with Iran. The move follows new allegations that Canadian journalist Zahra Kazemi was tortured and possibly raped before dying in Iranian custody in 2003.

Canada: Soutenez le combat des femmes canadiennes contre les tribunaux charia

WLUML vous demande d’envoyer RAPIDEMENT des lettres de soutien aux mouvements féministes canadiens, et particulièrement aux mouvements de femmes dont les familles viennent de sociétés musulmanes, dans leur lutte pour résister à l’introduction de prétendus « tribunaux Charia » pour résoudre les questions familiales au Canada.

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Canada: Symposium - Muslim Women’s Equality Rights in the Justice System: Gender, Religion and Pluralism

The Canadian Council of Muslim Women presents a groundbreaking symposium on 9th April featuring international and Canadian scholars & activists working in the areas of jurisprudence, multiculturalism, human rights, the Canadian constitution & family law.

Canada: Lettre ouverte adressée au Premier Ministre Dalton McGuinty et au Procureur Général Michael Bryant

D’après les analyses préliminaires, le Conseil canadien des femmes musulmanes (CCFM) est profondément préoccupé par les recommandations contenues dans le rapport de Marion Boyd « Dispute Resolution in Family Law: Protecting Choice, Promoting Inclusion. »

Canada: Faith-based arbitration of family matters could violate Canada's international human rights obligations

Allowing religious law to apply in the arbitration of family matters in Ontario could violate Canada's international human rights obligations and set a dangerous precedent with national and international repercussions for women's equality rights.

Canada: Support Canadian women's struggle against Shari'a Courts

WLUML asks you URGENTLY to send letters of support to Canadian women’s organisations, in particular organisations of women whose families come from Muslim societies, in their struggle to resist the introduction of so-called ‘Shari’a Courts’ in the resolution of family matters in Canada.

Canada: A radio interview with Cassandra Balchin of WLUML

Cassandra highlights the work of WLUML and their stance on the introduction of Shari'a law in Ontario, Canada as a means of legal resolution to civil and family matters.