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The Canadian Advisory Council on the Status of Women (CACSW)/Conseil consultatif canadien sur la situation de la femme (CCCSF) was created by the Canadian government in 1973 based on the recommendation of the Royal Commission on the Status of Women. The CACSW was made up of a full-time president and 2 vice-presidents, as well as 15 part-time regional representatives appointed for 3-year terms. As an autonomous agency, its role was to advise the federal government on the impacts of public policy on women, and to inform the public about women’s issues. Over the years, CACSW publications and recommendations looked at a wide range of concerns including constitutional reform, pension, parental benefits, taxation, health care, employment practices, sexual assault, violence against women, and human rights. The CACSW was dismantled in 1995.

Canadian Advisory Council on the Status of Women (CACSW) / Conseil consultatif canadien sur la situation de la femme (CCCSF) Documents

	Title	Date	Region
	Background Paper (Executive Summary): Women’s Reproductive Health, the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, and the Canada Health Act	1989	National (all of Canada)
	Background Paper – Women in Politics: Becoming Full Partners in the Political Process	1987	National (all of Canada)
	Background Paper: Bill C-31, Equality or Disparity? The Effects of the New Indian Act on Native Women	1987	National (all of Canada)
	Bill C-43: Abortion Act Opinion	1990	National (all of Canada)
	Brief to the Special Joint Committee of the Senate and of the House of Commons on the 1987 Constitutional Accord	1987	National (all of Canada)
	Communiqué: CACSW Finds Federal Abortion Legislation Unconstitutional (Press Release)	1989	National (all of Canada)
	Highlights from Canadian Charter Equality Rights for Women: One Step Forward or Two Steps Back?	1989	National (all of Canada)
	Juggling a Family and a Job	1985	National (all of Canada)
	Media Alert: CACSW Published Women’s Reproductive Health, The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, and the Canada Health Act	1989	National (all of Canada)
	Pension Reform With Women in Mind (1981)	1981	National (all of Canada)
	President’s Statement on Abortion	--	National (all of Canada)
	Recommendations adopted by the Canadian Advisory Council on the Status of Women (CACSW) on Reproductive Health Issues for Women	1988	National (all of Canada)
	Reproductive Health Recommendations	1988	National (all of Canada)
	Shocking Pink Paper – Promises are not enough (1993)	1993	National (all of Canada)
	Shocking Pink Paper – Women want more than promises (1988)	1988	National (all of Canada)
	Shocking Pink Paper: Women Want More Than Promises	--	National (all of Canada)
	The Infertility Dilemma: Reproductive Technologies and Prevention	1990	National (all of Canada)
	Women & Aging: A Report on the Rest of Our Lives (1978)	1978	National (all of Canada)