Beyond Recovery
Toward a gender-just recovery
Beyond Recovery is working to support and advance a gender-just recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. The project’s goals are to document and analyze women’s experiences, with a particular focus on marginalized women in hard-hit sectors, and to provide evidence-based policy solutions. This project has been funded in part by Women and Gender Equality Canada.
Key Highlights:
- If we’re going to close the gap, we need government action.
- Low pay driving career changes among women workers.
- The crisis in the care economy shows no signs of letting up.
- Women’s earnings lag behind high inflation.
- The pandemic has accelerated the exit of older women workers.
- The racialized employment gap is narrowing but barriers persist.
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The racialized employment gap is narrowing but barriers persist
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Bumpy Ride Fall 2022 Update #2: Looking at the racialized employment gap among women workers in the Fall 2022 labour force data
Women’s employment rate trending below spring highs
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Bumpy Ride Fall 2022 Update #1: Labour market data from Fall 2022 shows an uneven recovery for women workers.
An unexpected consequence of the pandemic: Poverty declined sharply in Canada
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Pandemic supports, mostly from the federal government, contributed to the largest one-year reduction in poverty in nearly 50 years.
A bumpy ride
As the Canadian labour market approached the end of 2021, it was in much better shape than it had been at the beginning of the…
A bumpy ride
As the Canadian labour market approached the end of 2021, it was in much better shape than it had been at the beginning of the…
Let’s challenge carelessness on International Women’s Day
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Carelessness has led Canada and the world down a dangerous path. Committing to a caring society, one that’s equitable, inclusive, and peaceful, must become our rallying cry
Economic recovery for whom? For all the talk of recovery, many women and gender-diverse people are still struggling
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As we head into budget season, the question we should be asking is: recovery for whom?
Where’s Canada’s plan to end gender-based violence?
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The pandemic took a precarious situation and made it worse
Patching up Canada’s income security net: Lessons from the pandemic
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The big question now for Canada is whether, by design or default, we will revert to the “same old, same old” after the crisis.
Rushing back to “normal”: Are we leaving the most vulnerable behind?
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The rush back to some semblance of normalcy is understandable, but this sentiment can’t blind us to the work ahead.
Mother’s Day under COVID-19, again
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Work and mental health are challenging many mothers
Budget Watch 2021: The rebuild must start with the care economy
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Both Prime Minister Trudeau and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland reiterated their commitment to lay the groundwork for a Canada-wide system of child care at the Liberal Policy Convention this past weekend.
Can we dare to hope?
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