Canada presents itself as a gender equality and human rights champion both at home and abroad. But it's also a global leader ...

Throughout the 1970s, women became more conscious of the their lack of rights in Canadian society. Case after case seemed to testify to the inadequate legal guarantees against gender discrimination.

Despite a finding by the Québec Superior Court that Bill 21 has a cruel and dehumanizing impact on Muslim women, the law has survived. Now, the Supreme Court of Canada will hear challenges to it.