Women's Legal Education and Action Fund (LEAF)

Published purpose

Through this 32-month project, LEAF will help advance women’s recovery from the current impacts of COVID-19 through systemic change. Specifically, this project will address systemic barriers by (1) advancing inclusive policies and practices, and by (2) increasing networks and collaboration to accelerate systemic change. LEAF’s project will advocate for feminist law reform promoting reproductive justice. LEAF will explore issues including child care, child protective services, pay inequity, domestic work, and women’s labour force participation. Key activities: Addressing existing discriminatory legislation, policies, and practices through collaboration and community consultation, and working closely with feminist organizations to propose/review policy and law reform for reproductive justice in Canada Designing and implementing policies and practices to increase women’s participation in democratic, private, and civic leadership Strengthening and bolstering the feminist movement throughout Canada by building our networks, and conducting further consultations on these specific areas Outcomes: Advocate for concrete provincial law reform linked to reproductive justice, and federally (as necessary) with project collaborators Convene the feminist movement throughout Canada to advocate for new policy and law reform changes related to reproductive justice as proposed through community engagement Create meaningful law reform change for women, girls, and gender diverse people impacted by current discriminatory policies.