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Thirty Years Later: Snapshot report released on women & gender rights
November 6, 2024

The Women’s National Housing and Homelessness Network and 70 allies recently released a report to mark the 30th anniversary of the Fourth World Conference on Women.   Recently, the Women’s … More


Toolkit & Website Launch: Mobilizing with us on the right to housing!
October 11, 2024

On World Homelessness Day, WNHHN and the National Indigenous Women’s Housing Network launched a brand new toolkit and a complementary website to make participating in the upcoming Review Panel on … More


Webinar Toolkit Launch: Mobilizing on the Right to Housing for Women & Gender-Diverse People
September 17, 2024

Register today and reserve your spot for the launch of our community organizer’s guide to Mobilizing on the Right to Housing for Women & Gender-Diverse People. This new toolkit will … More


Gender & Right to Housing: Joint submission to the United Nations
September 9, 2024

The Women’s National Housing & Homelessness Network, along with partners, submitted a joint brief to the UN’s Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women   The … More


National Housing Council announces new Review Panel on women & gender-diverse homelessness
September 4, 2024

On Sept 4, National Housing Council publicly announced their intent to proceed with the review panel on Canada’s failure to eliminate homelessness amongst women and gender-diverse people!   The National … More


Brief submission for the 2025 federal budget
August 6, 2024

The National Indigenous Women’s Housing Network and Women’s National Housing and Homelessness Network submitted a pre-budget submission brief for the 2025 federal budget.   With significant leaps made within the … More


Watch Now: Indigenous Women’s Right to Housing Webinar
August 1, 2024

Watch this insightful webinar, Indigenous Women’s Right to Housing: Pathways for Rectification under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms and Intersections with International Law, hosted by the National Indigenous Women’s … More


Setting a national standard on gender and human rights approaches for emergency shelters
July 3, 2024

How can shelters serve women and gender-diverse people with a rights-based and gender-sensitive approach? That’s the question a new project, funded by the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, has worked … More