Women's March on Washington
Event date: 21 Jan 2017 - 12:00pm - 2:00pm Women's March on Washington The rise of the woman = The rise of the nationThe Women’s March on Washington is a grassroots effort comprised of dozens of...
View ArticleNumber of U.S. women taking maternity leave unchanged for two decades
EXCERPTSThe number of women in the United States who take maternity leave has remained stagnant for the past 22 years, despite factors that suggest it should be increasing, according to a new...
View ArticlePregnancy discrimination persists in the workplace, Edmonton researcher says
EXCERPTSAs a judicial intern at India's High Court, Shivani Kapur once watched in horror as her colleagues tried to steal the job of a young stenographer who had just announced she was...
View ArticleAmerica has never not had a childcare problem
EXCERPTS“What do you do for a living?”I dread that question. It forces me to face the reality that I am living a life that I had never dreamed of for myself. I define myself as a researcher and a...
View ArticleMcInturff: The budget is a first step to better the lives of women in Canada
EXCERPTSMen and women are different. That shouldn’t be news, but today it is. Today, the government released the first federal budget that includes a look at the differences between men and women....
View ArticleOttawa rally pushes Ontario to finally close gender wage gap
EXCERPTSAlthough Ontario has promised to close the gender wage gap, activists say the province isn’t doing enough to follow through.“The wage gap right now in Ontario, on average, is 30 per cent,”...
View ArticleGuaranteed income won’t help women: Opinion
Opinion EXCERPTSThe basic income guarantee (BIG) as being framed in Ontario today may well be a conversation-changer. But in reality, it will change the conversation away from meeting the biggest...
View ArticleViewpoints: Empty promises for women?
Overview The prime minister is only posturing by offering longer parental leave that few mothers could afford to take. -reprinted from CBC News
View ArticleFinance Canada was cautious on linking child care to women at work: documents
EXCERPTSThe Liberals hope their daycare budget pledge will help more women join the workforce, but newly released documents suggest federal finance officials were once cautious about a lack of data...
View ArticleStronger child-care supports would be the best Mother's Day gift
EXCERPTSMother’s Day is coming. You should give your mom a nice gift. Most likely, she’s taking (or has taken) a big hit for “Team Saskatchewan.”Kids are our future leaders, workers and citizens —...
View ArticleWhat have been the effects of Quebec’s universal childcare system on women’s...
Standing Committee on the Status of Women Study on the Economic Security of Women in Canada Summary
View ArticleEconomic gender equality in Canada: Market, care, tax, and benefit issues and...
Standing Committee on the Status of Women Study on the Economic Security of Women in Canada OverviewIt is the law now - All levels of governement in Canada are obligated to eradicate all forms of...
View ArticleWomen’s economic security: A working women’s agenda
Unifor Submission to the Standing Committee of the Status of Women Introduction Thank you for the invitation to participate in the Status of Women Committee’s study on the Economic Security of Women...
View ArticleOxfam Canada submission to the Standing Committee on Status of Women for its...
Inroduction In January, Oxfam revealed that 2 billionaires own more wealth than the bottom 30% of the Canadian population. Rising economic inequality has the most negative consequences for women, who...
View ArticleThe childcare conundrum
EXCERPTSThe proposals on universal childcare from both political parties are interesting and in some ways divergent. They are generous and clearly aimed at embracing young families and their need to...
View ArticleWhy aren’t there more women in the labor force across the globe?
EXCERPTSGallup and the International Labor Organization (ILO) recently released a landmark report on global attitudes toward women and work.Based on a study conducted across 142 countries and...
View Article9 ways the cost of child care affects working parents’ careers
EXCERPTSWhether cutting back or doubling down on hours, finding new jobs or withdrawing from the workforce, there is no denying that child care — and, specifically, the cost of care — is having an...
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