Women's Groups Boycott Divorce Law Talks, Demand Their Own

Earlier we had reported on the Canadian women's groups that have refused to sit at the table with father's rights advocates to discuss changes to Canada's divorce laws. From this National Post story: "Although the consultations ended last month, the Justice Department and its provincial partners are considering a special session for "women's equality-seeking organizations" that are fighting proposed changes to the federal Divorce Act. Those changes would give separated and divorced parents an equal say in raising their children under a new concept called shared parenting. The women's groups are urging governments "not to cave into a father's rights groups agenda."" Apparently it's okay to cave into the agenda of the women's groups, though. Source: The National Post [Canadian newspaper]



Title: Feminists might be granted own hearing on divorce law



Author: Chris Cobb, with files from Ralph Bodirsky



Date: July 5, 2001

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