Canadian feminist lawyer and women’s advocate
The Canadian tradition of finance ministers wearing new shoes to present their budgets is neither particularly long-standing (it originated only in 1955) nor consistent, with many finance ministers foregoing it entirely. However, it has been used by a number of Continue reading Women first?
When Clare Wood, who lived outside Manchester, England, broke up with her boyfriend in 2009, she thought that would be the end of it. However, like countless other women who leave or attempt to leave relationships in which they have Continue reading A step towards prevention
In 2014, Miriam Rodriguez’s daughter was kidnapped, held for ransom and murdered by the Zeta cartel in San Fernando, Mexico, which is about 85 miles from the Texan border city of Brownsville. In a country where at least 10 women Continue reading Ni una mas!
Criminal law proceedings in Canada are generally open to the public, and information about them is routinely reported in the media. This is a good thing: We want our laws and courts to be transparent and accountable. However, there are Continue reading Whose privacy?