Legal Education Workshop on Supporting Non-Status Women

Race, Gendered Violence and the Rights of Women with Precarious Immigration Status

The aim of this project is to build the capacity of settlement workers, lawyers, and students to work with non-status, racialized women who have experienced gendered violence. This training will provide information on issues affecting racialized women who are precarious immigrants in Canada by exploring the relationship between race, gender, and immigration status.

This training will focus on the following three areas:

1. The benefits women qualify for under different immigration applicants.
2. A catalogue of gender-based IRPA statute framework and guidelines, as well an identification of the gaps in the legal framework.
3. An overview of the privacy legislation and the requirements of service providers to disclose information regarding non-status women.