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Is wearing the niqab in court compatible not only with the rights of the accused, but with Canada's constitutional values?

In R. v. Ryan, 2013 SCC 3, the Supreme Court of Canada (the "Court") ruled that the defence of duress was not available to an abused woman who - after suffering years of threats to kill her and her daughter - hired a hit man to kill her abusive husband.

On International Women's Day, we naturally reflect on the struggle for women's equality and rights. What have we gained and where do we still need to go? It is for good reason that the UN made this year's theme 'the elimination of all forms of violence against women';

Rape Culture is alive and well, according to many academics, commentators and citizens in India in the aftermath of the brutal rape and murder of a young woman in broad daylight on public transport in the company of her boyfriend.

Help us toast a splendid past and a glorious future.

Here you'll find some tips from Under30CEO for improving your "elevator pitch".

While employers have been wrestling for some time with the extent of their duty to accommodate parents with children to avoid employee claims of discrimination based on family status, a new decision from the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal is a reminder that increasing number of employees...

Heather Gardiner from Canadian Lawyer Magazine spoke with FLAC Chair Shelley Quinn to provide input into teaching modules for law schools created by the Law Commission of Ontario, that will educate law students about violence against women issues.

My name is Sheryl Smolkin. I’m a lawyer and a journalist and a member of the Feminist Legal Analysis Section ot the OBA. Today I’m talking to Mary Lou Fassel, Director of Legal Services at the Barbra Schlifer Commemorative Clinic.