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Legal Education Toolkit for Refugee Women

Are you a refugee woman? A protected person? A refugee claimant? Are you having issues over your rights in Ontario, Canada?

Learn about your rights, and responsibilities and find support that is available to you

CASSA has created a “Legal Education for Refugee Women” Toolkit to aid refugee women in learning more about their rights and responsibilities and giving them access to support and resources that are available to them. The toolkit and short summaries are accessible here in 8 different languages.

Please note: The Legal Education Toolkit for Refugee Women project was possible through funding from the Law Foundation of Ontario and does not serve as legal advice.

Click below to access the Legal Education Toolkit for Refugee Women in English.

English

Click below to access the Legal Education Toolkit for Refugee Women in Arabic.

Arabic

Click below to access the Legal Education Toolkit for Refugee Women in Urdu.

Urdu

Click below to access the Legal Education Toolkit for Refugee Women in Tamil.

Tamil

The Legal Education Toolkit for Refugee Women explores the following 11 topics:

  1. Charter of Rights and Freedom
  2. Ontario Human Rights Code
  3. Legal Aid
  4. Family Law
  5. Child Rights and Benefits
  6. Immigration
  7. Employment
  8. Healthcare
  9. Education
  10. Housing
  11. Financials

Toolkit Summaries Available in 8 Languages

Summaries of CASSA’s Legal Education Toolkit for Refugee Women are available in Farsi, Punjabi, Arabic, Bangla, Tamil, Urdu, English, and Spanish. Click on Toolkit Topic to view short summaries in different languages.