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We also noticed the extent to which the thinking of feminists from the South was influential in the drafting of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, particularly in the introduction of the word “woman” and the principle of equality between the sexes. Similarly, the influence of feminist jurists and feminist activists had a strong influence on the Canadian Charter, particularly in the drafting and adoption of sections 15 and 28. However, the thinking of Southern feminists and Canadian feminists was slow to penetrate the Supreme Court of Canada’s interpretation of women’s right to equality. Had it not been for the work of women judges Wilson, L’Heureux-Dubé and Justice Abella, who knows if we would have had at last the recognition of an infringement of the right to gender equality that deserves redress. This happened in 2018 under the pen of Justice Abella. 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