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Town Hall with the Federal Housing Advocate
August 22, 2022

The National Indigenous Feminist Housing Working Group presents a human rights conversation with the Federal housing Advocate on September 13 at 1 p.m. ET. This event is intended for Indigenous … More


Send a Letter to the Editor
July 28, 2022

 


Engage with Us: File a Human Rights Claim with the Federal Housing Advocate
July 27, 2022

Here are 4 ways to get involved with our Human Rights Claims Do you see yourself in the pages of our Human Rights Claims? Do you want to see the … More


Women & gender-diverse lived experts deliver urgent Human Rights Claims to Federal Housing Advocate
June 14, 2022

Women and Indigenous groups push for system-wide federal policy changes to address growing housing crisis experienced by women, girls and gender-diverse people OTTAWA, ON (June 14, 2022): Today, the Women’s National … More


Presentation on the Pan-Canadian Women’s Housing & Homelessness Survey
June 7, 2022

At the 2021 National Conference on Ending Homelessness, the WNHHN presented the findings of our Pan-Canadian survey Watch it here:   The WNHHN presented the Pan-Canadian Women’s Housing and Homelessness … More


WNHHN joins housing & homelessness delegation on the rights of the child at United Nations
May 17, 2022

Watch the  live-stream during the 90th Treaty Body Session – Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights at 9 am ET today From May 16 to 18, representatives … More


A Feminist Housing Budget?
April 13, 2022

Budget 2022, referred to as “The Housing Budget,” committed over $14 billion dollars to housing – one-third of all new spending. The WNHHN celebrates all additional federal investments in affordable … More


A New Horizon – The Pan-Canadian Women’s Housing and Homelessness Survey
September 29, 2021

By: Kaitlin Schwan, Mary Vaccaro, & Khulud Baig   In Canada and around the world, many women, girls, and gender diverse people continue to live in insecure or unsafe housing … More