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This report provides an assessment of Canada’s progress in meeting the goals for gender equality set out in the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action.…
EBC Fundraising Brunch 2024
The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives – Manitoba is proud to be honouring the Women’s Health Clinic at their annual Errol Black Chair in Labour…
Budget 2019: A win for the women’s movement—but we won’t get there without child care
A meaningful feminist agenda demands bold action and sustained funding to achieve significant change in the lives of women and girls. Budget 2019 targets many…
Budget watch 2019: Moving forward on a federal feminist agenda
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The best candidate for the job? Some real talk about the meritocracy
Ottawa City Councillor Diane Deans recently proposed the creation of a women’s bureau to support greater engagement of women in city politics.
Some baby steps for dad and big steps forward for women
The government promised us a budget guided by gender analysis this year, and they delivered: on pay equity, on supports for women entrepreneurs and, in…
A Deficit Worth Worrying About: The Gendered And Racialized Wage Gap
I was really hoping the recent release of Census data would bring good news: wage gap closed! Racial discrimination gone! Equality achieved! Not so much.…
Budget 2018: Time to lean in gentlemen
It’s that exciting time of year when economists wake from their summer slumber and start making submissions to the federal Finance Committee about what they’d…
Equal Pay Day in Ontario: Time to Close the Gap
It’s Equal Pay Day in Ontario — a day to recognize the persistent pay gap between men and women.It’s also a moment to focus on…
The budget is a first step to better the lives of women in Canada
Men 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…
Five things you can do right now to help women achieve economic equality
I’ve got my pussyhat. I’m ready to march. To strike. To get to work. Or I could stay home. And watch Netflix. What would happen…
4 things to know about women and homelessness in Canada
Anywhere between 30,000 and 200,000 people are homeless in Canada, with another 1.7 million unable to afford adequate, suitable shelter. Winnipeg in particular has a…
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