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British Columbia Moves Backwards on Women’s Equality
Submission of the B.C. CEDAW Group to the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women on the occasion of the Committee’s review of Canada’s 5th Report   |  January 23, 2003
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British Columbia Moves Backwards
on Women's Equality
Submission of the B.C. CEDAW Group
to the
United Nations Committee on the
Elimination of Discrimination Against Women
on the occasion of
the Committee's review of Canada's 5th Report
January 23, 2003

INTRODUCTION
The B.C. CEDAW Group
Review Time Period
Contravention of the Convention
Interpretive Principles
Marginalized and Vulnerable Groups of Women and Girls
Aboriginal Women
Immigrant and Refugee Women and Women of Colour
Background to Canada’s Constitutional structure and the nature of obligations under CEDAW
Statistical description of women in British Columbia
ARTICLE 2
Article 2(c): Legislated Protection Against Sex Discrimination
Articles 2 (d): Legal Aid
Article 2(c): Access to Court
ARTICLE 3
Article 3: Income Assistance and Social Services
Articles 3, 2(d) and 2(e): Elimination Of The Ministry Of Women’s Equality
Article 3: Elimination Of Funding For Women’s Centres
Articles 3 and 2(f): Violence Against Women
Article 3: Police Protection For Women
Article 3: Criminalization of teenage girls in lieu of social programs/services
Article 3: Sexual Exploitation and the Secure Care Act
ARTICLE 10
Article 10: Education
ARTICLE 11
Article 11: Employment Rules and Standards
Article 11(2): Child Care
ARTICLE 12
Article 12: Women’s Health
ARTICLE 14
Article 14: Rural Women
CONCLUSION

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