News
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Mapping the Gap report published
We are pleased to announce the publishing of our report Mapping the Gap: A Summary of Legal Resources For Women in British Columbia, written by Shahnaz Rahman. It was funded generously by the Notary Foundation of BC.
The intent of the project was to capture a snapshot of the existing legal resources for women in BC. We have found that a patchwork of legal resources exist throughout the province, created by various advocacy groups and women serving community based organizations. In the absence of a coordinating body, and in the context of diminishing legal aid service in the province, West Coast LEAF felt these tremendously useful resources needed to be discovered and shared more broadly.
A survey was performed in order to accurately map the legal resources available to women. The questions were designed to capture the legal services in organizations, the gender breakdown of the services available and accessed, recommended legal resources and emerging gaps in the legal system.
This project allows West Coast LEAF to link the legal resources and legal information providers with other public legal information programs and services such as the Courthouse Library Click law initiative, the People's Law School and the Legal Services Society (LSS) website in ways that are currently not being done.
To download a copy of the report, click here.
