Justice for Girls monitors courts, government, media, and academic research for issues that affect girls.

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Justice for Girls monitors, documents, and responds to human rights abuses within BC youth prisons and holding cells (city and court).

The Human Rights of Girls in the BC Criminal Justice System
A memorandum written by Rebecca Aleem of Justice for Girls International.

Shackling of Youth during Sweat Lodge Ceremony
Letter to the Minister of Children & Family Development demands immediate stop to racist policy of shackling youth during the Sacred Sweat Lodge Ceremony.

R v. Ramsay
Justice for Girls called for a sentence in R v. Ramsay that strongly denounces violence against First Nations girls. Justice for Girls called for a sentence that would name hate and prejudice--based on sex, race, and age--as an aggravating factor in the case against the sexually abusive and sadistic former judge Ramsay

R V. Dezwaan
Violent man on bail for sexual assault with a weapon murders teenage First Nations girl.

R V. Dunning
BC Court lenient on man who was accused of multiple counts of sexual violence against young women. Dunning was convicted on one count of sexual exploitation and given a minimum sentence.

R V. Kim
Frank Kim was convicted on numerous sexually violent crimes against teenage girls. BC Supreme Court allowed Kim to represent himself at trial, which gave him the oppotunity to continue his abuse of young women through sexually explicit questioning during cross examinations and acts of intimidation in the courtroom.

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Justice for Girls gathers information about police brutality and harassment of low income and homeless young women in Vancouver.

Justice for Girls attends Vancouver Youth Court in order to monitor how young women are treated within the youth justice system. We specifically look at issues of equality and access to justice.

City by-laws
Panhandling bylaw (Vancouver) link to by-law on City of Vancouver site

Provincial Acts and Bills
Secure Care Act (Province of BC) full text of Act
Protection of Youth Involved in Prostitution Act (Province of Alberta) full text of Act
Safe Streets Act (Province of BC) full text of Act
Youth Justice Act (Province of BC) full text of Act

Federal Acts and Bills
Youth Criminal Justice Act full text of Act

International Law
Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination  Against Women full text of treaty
Convention on the Rights of the Child full text of treaty
Covenant on Economic, Social & Cultural Rights full text of treaty
Covenant on Civil & Political Rights full text of treaty

FAFIA Alliance of 40 women's groups calls on the Canadian government to respond to UN criticisms of Canada
    Read letter to Prime Minister
    Read letter to Secretary of State for Status of Women
    Read letter to Minister of Finance
    Read letter to Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs