Records in this series pertain to Vancouver Status of Women’s (VSW’s) advocacy function. These activities primarily included organizing and participating in committees and task forces set up by all levels of government, lobbying, preparing briefs on legislative documents and materials, creating and circulating petitions, corresponding with other organizations, event planning, planning and participating in social justice related events such as End legislated Poverty, and calling attention to issues facing women domestic and international by publishing op-eds in newspapers.

Record types in this series include: correspondence with the Ministry of Justice and different coalitions such as BC Coalition of Women Centres and the 52% Coalition; meeting agendas and minutes; information sheets and brochures; event invitations; forum materials; conference posters and presentations; protest posters and signs; briefs; petitions; attendance sheets; press releases; federal and provincial election fact sheets; and research materials on social justice related topics such as poverty, sex work, sexism, racism and classism.