Friday, April 18, 2014

Your Rights on Reserve: A Legal Tool-Kit for Aboriginal Women in BC

“Your Rights on Reserve” a Legal Tool-kit for Aboriginal Women in British Columbia

Led by Atira Women’s Resource Society’s legal advocate Amber Prince, this tool-kit was created by Aboriginal women, for Aboriginal women.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Thursday April 10th, 2014
 Media Contact:
Caithlin Scarpelli
T: 604-331-1407 x. 104 C: 604-813-0851
RE: “Your Rights on Reserve” a Legal Tool-kit for Aboriginal Women in British Columbia
Atira Women’s Resource Society is thrilled to announce the release of a legal tool-kit for Aboriginal Women in British Columbia.
Led by Atira Women’s Resource Society’s legal advocate Amber Prince, this tool-kit was created by Aboriginal women, for Aboriginal women.
Says Ms. Prince, “As Aboriginal women with varying experience with the law we have seen in our work and in our lives how gaps in legal information creates hardships for Aboriginal women in BC.”
The tool-kit aims to address some of the identified gaps in legal information for Aboriginal women.
“We hope this tool-kit will be of assistance to women, their families and their communities,” says Prince, “as well as for service providers helping Aboriginal women understand some of their legal rights in BC and especially as they apply on reserve.”
The tool-kit includes chapters on taxation, employment issues on Reserve, social assistance / welfare, education, Indian Status, Band membership, Reserve land and housing issues, wills and estates Issues, family law, relationship violence, Ministry of Children and Families Development and governance issues.
An Advisory Committee member for the Tool-kit, Donna Moon, notes, "I am excited for the launch and to have been a contributor to this important, much needed tool-kit!"
We are grateful to the Law Foundation of British Columbia for its support, as well as the Legal Services Society of British Columbia for donating staff expertise to the project. We would also like to thank our volunteers who contributed to the project, law student Robyn Gifford, and lawyer Mary Childs.
For more information on the tool-kit please contact our media contact above.

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