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Women and the Law in Newfoundland

Publisher:  The St. John's Women's Bureau, Canada
Year Published:  1977   First Published:  1976
Pages:  24pp  
Resource Type:  Article

This booklet discusses some of the laws of Newfoundland as they apply to women.

Abstract:  This booklet discusses some of the laws of Newfoundland as they apply to women. In the introduction, it reports that many of the laws and customs in Newfoundland discriminate against women, particularly in the area of economics.
One section deals with women's rights and "What the Human Rights Code has not done for women in Newfoundland." Women still do not get any of the highly paid government jobs and are not given the same rate of pay as men in any of the occupations or professions. Moreover, all government employees who deal with fair employment practices are either all male or male dominated. Because the laws that protect them are weak, women must use the few loopholes that are present and bring incidents of discrimination to the attention of both government and press.
Domestic workers also seem to be missed by the Human Rights Code. The province ruled that they would not come under the "fair employment practices section."
The Code does require that women and men be given the same opportunities for training advancement, pension rights and insurance benefits.
In other sections, the book examines pensions, tax, marriage, divorce, social assistance, children, rape, abortion, tenants and landlords, mental illness, married women's property rights, work, and police arrest.
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