Making Women Count Project
It’s time to close the gender gap
Making Women Count measures the size of Canada’s gender gap and offers solutions to the inequalities that persist between women and men in Canada. Closing the gender gap in Canada will provide a significant engine for long-term economic growth, as well as an immediate increase in the social and economic well-being of women, girls and gender-diverse people in Canada.
Fairness, equality, justice for women and gender-diverse people
- Tracking women’s COVID-19 pandemic recovery
- Making the case for equal pay
- Valuing the care economy
- Closing the gender pay gap
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A bumpy ride
Bumpy Ride Spring 2022 Update: An analysis of the experiences of female workers from 2019 to 2021 reveals that Canada’s economic recovery has proven to be as unequal as the initial downturn.
The Air We Breathe
Recommendations to make indoor air safer in the COVID era Download 277.7 KB19 pages The unmitigated, seasonal, and repeated spread of COVID-19 is forecasting disaster…
Women’s wages aren’t keeping up with inflation: new labour market analysis
Report shows bumpy pandemic recovery has been as unequal as the initial downturn CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT OTTAWA—Women’s wages are not keeping…
Women, work and COVID-19
Priorities for supporting women and the economy Download 864.51 KB67 pages This report looks at the ongoing impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the economic…
Advocates Provide Crucial Recommendations for an Inclusive Action Plan for Women in the Economy
READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. Following 50th anniversary of the Release of the Royal Commission on the Status of Women report, support for women in…
Recovery through Equality
Developing an Inclusive Action Plan for Women in the Economy Download 301.84 KB8 pages December 7 marks the 50th anniversary of the release of the report from the Royal…
Decriminalizing Race
The case for investing in community and social support for imprisoned racialized women in Canada Download 610.82 KB30 pages The COVID-19 infection rate for prisoners…
Resetting Normal Report
Women, Decent Work and Canada’s Fractured Care Economy Download 3.43 MB42 pages An historic downturn in women’s employment, compounded by uncertainty over the capacity of…
Unfinished Business
A Parallel Report on Canada’s Implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action Download 1.19 MB 163 pages This study provides an assessment of…
Travail inachevé
Un rapport parallèle sur la mise en œuvre de la Déclaration et du Programme d’action de Beijing Download 363.14 KB 31 pages Cet ouvrage été…
En ce qui concerne l’égalité des sexes, le Canada n’a pas terminé son travail : Étude
Au rythme actuel, il faudra 164 ans pour combler l’écart économique entre les sexes seulement au Canada. CLIQUEZ ICI POUR CONSULTER LE RAPPORT. OTTAWA — Les…
When it comes to gender equality, Canada has unfinished business: Study
OTTAWA—Canada’s progress towards gender equality has been uneven, and despite some positive steps there is significant unfinished business, according to a new report released today by a…
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