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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


Report: Setbacks in Realizing Women’s Right to Housing
August 26, 2021

A Report to United Nations Commission on the Status of Women by CERA This report focuses on how there are policy gaps in Canada’s National Housing Strategy which have prevented … More


Budget 2021: Gains and gaps for women experiencing homelessness
April 21, 2021

All across Canada many women, girls, and gender diverse people continue to live in insecure or unsafe housing due to inequity and discrimination. In the Canadian context, these groups experience … More