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New content from Statistics Canada:
May 28, 2010
From the May 2010 issue of
Perspectives on Labour and Income
Women's participation and economic downturns
May 2010
* Highlights
* Full article:
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version
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PDF version ( 119K, 5 pages)
Using data from the Labour Force Survey, this article examines the evolution
of the employment rate and work hours of wives whose husbands suffered job loss
during the last three labour market downturns: 1981 to 1983, 1990 to 1992 and
2008 to 2009.
Source:
Perspectives
on Labour and Income May 2010 issue --- incl. quick links to labour
and income studies
[ earlier
editions of Perspectives on Labour and Income --- links to several hundred
articles going back to 1989 ]
[ Perspectives
on Labour and Income Main Page ]
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Funding
cut to 14 women's groups
Critics charge Tories with fostering
a 'culture of intimidation' over abortion
May 5, 2010
OTTAWA
Critics are accusing the Harper government of ideologically driven intimidation
for cutting funding to women's groups even as it prepares to champion maternal
health at June's G8 Summit. The Conservatives have axed funding up to 14 women's
groups in the past two weeks. News of the cuts surfaced a day after Tory Senator
Nancy Ruth warned aid groups they risk a backlash from the government if they
don't "shut the f--- up" on the government's refusal to include abortion
in the G8 plan.
Source:
The Canadian Press
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Women's
group cuts 'ideological': MPs
May 5, 2010
Opposition parties say the Conservative government has recently cut federal
funding to more than a dozen women's groups because the organizations don't
share Prime Minister Stephen Harper's ideology and dare to criticize his policies.
The Liberals circulated a list on Wednesday of groups that promote human rights,
equality rights and anti-homelessness initiatives that have lost federal funding
within the past two weeks. But the Conservatives say the groups were "inefficient"
and the government is just making sure taxpayers get their money's worth.
Source:
CBC
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Harper
government axes funding for 11 women's groups
May 4, 2010
A women's rights group is charging that the Harper government has cut funding
for 11 women's groups in the last two weeks, just prior to June's G8 summit
at which maternal health to a key part of the agenda
Source:
CTV
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Tories
accused of culture of intimidation
May 4, 2010
By Richard J. Brennan
OTTAWA—Prime Minister Stephen Harper has been accused of systematically
undermining women in this country by stripping their advocacy groups of tens
of millions of dollars and targeting those critical of his government’s
anti-abortion stance on the world stage. In the past two weeks, the federal
government has ended funding to 14 women’s groups, including a non-governmental
agency that was funded by the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA)
for more than 30 years.
Source:
Toronto Star
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From Status of Women Canada:
International
Women's Day :
Strong Women. Strong Canada. Strong World.
March 8, 2010
- incl. links to:
* Theme * Fact Sheet * Products Available * To Order a Poster * Previous Themes
In 1977, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution calling on member states to proclaim a day for women's rights and international peace. Following the United Nations' lead, Canada chose March 8 as International Women's Day (IWD).
Each year at this time, Canadians celebrate progress toward equality for women and their full participation, reflect on the challenges and barriers that remain, and consider future steps to achieving equality for all women, in all aspects of their lives.
Over time, International Women's Day has grown into a week-long series of commemorative events and activities across the country. International Women's Week 2010 begins on Sunday, March 7 and wraps up on Saturday, March 13.
We encourage all Canadians - women and men, girls and boys - to promote International Women's Day / International Women's Week. Better yet, why not organize your own IWD/IWW event in your community, organization, workplace or school?
Source:
Status of Women Canada
(SWC)
_______________________________________
NOTE to SWC about that IWD theme:
Your 2010 IWD theme is "Strong
Women. Strong Canada. Strong World"
Your 2009 IWD theme was "Strong Leadership. Strong Women. Strong
World: Equality."
Your 2008 IWD theme was "Strong Women, Strong World"
Looks like SWC can only afford a light edit to its annual inspiring
theme.
What's your theme gonna be next year - "Strong. Strong. Strong."??
Whatever your choice, SWC, it should be a catchier theme, because the 2008,
2009 and 2010 versions still can't make women's groups forget the deep
and cruel cuts in funding for federal women's programs and groups under Stephen
Harper since the fall of 2006.
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International
Women’s Day in Canada: Progress for all?
AS I SEE IT by Carol Metz Murray
March 5, 2010
“Equal rights, equal opportunities: Progress for all.”
For the government of Canada, this year’s theme will have an unpleasant
sting. Our federal government has received a humiliating reprimand by several
UN human rights bodies for its handling of the issues of women’s poverty
and endemic violence against Aboriginal women and girls. In his official 2006
report, National Council of Welfare chairperson John Murphy called Canada’s
welfare rates for women “shameful and morally unsustainable in a rich country.”
Between 2004 and 2009, Canada managed the formidable task of slipping from seventh
to 25th place on the World Economic Forum Gender Gap Index, and was ranked a
shameful 73rd in the 2009 UN Gender Disparity Index.
[Author Carol Metz Murray is Executive director of the
Tri-City Women's Resource Society in Port Coquitlam, BC.]
Source:
Tri-City
News
_______________________________________
International
Women's Day (8 March 2010) is a global day celebrating the economic,
political and social achievements of women past, present and future. The International
Women's Day website provides a free service to women around the world wanting
to share and promote their IWD activity, videos, opinions and ideas. Please
feel free to submit gender-related items for the site that you consider relevant
and useful.
- incl. links to :
* Home * About * 2010 Theme * Events * Pictures / Videos * Jobs * Business &
Finance * Science & Technology * Justice * Health * Other
This service is provided by Aurora,
a company that connects business and professional women
and actively supports the promotion of employer brands and career opportunities
in progressive organisations.
_______________________________________
International
Women's Day
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
_______________________________________
Related Web/News/Blog links:
Google Search Results Links - always current results!
Using the following search terms (without the quote marks):
"International Women's Day"
- Web search results page
- News search results page
- Blog Search Results page
Source:
Google.ca
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|
|
| Human
Rights of Incarcerated Women in Canada Provincial/territorial Government Women's Links International Women's Day (these links will take you further down on the page you're reading now) |
| Women's
Rights in Canada since 1900 - links to info about key court cases and laws that have shaped human rights in Canada since 1900 Source: Human rights in 20th Century Canada - A Historical Perspective [ Justice Canada ] |
The Liberal Party's Pink Book From the Liberal Party of Canada: Liberal
Women’s Caucus Releases Pink Book II The
Pink Book, Volume II: A Pink Book, Volume I (2006) (2.6MB, 29 pages) Related link: Liberal
plans for women seem pretty in Pink Book |
Status
of Women Canada
"Status of Women Canada (SWC) is the federal
government agency which promotes gender equality, and the full participation of
women in the economic, social, cultural and political life of the country. SWC
focuses its work in three areas: improving women's economic autonomy and well-being,
eliminating systemic violence against women and children, and advancing women's
human rights."
|
Government
of Canada supports women's economic security
in Quebec, Nunavut, Ontario,
Alberta and British Columbia
THUNDER BAY,
ON, Sept. 2 /CNW Telbec/
The Honourable Helena Guergis, Minister of State
(Status of Women), today announced support for the Women's Economic
Council, for its project to address women's economic security and leadership.
Minister of State Guergis also acknowledged the hard work and dedication of Council
volunteers by providing certificates of appreciation. The project, entitled Leadership
and Women's Economic Security: A Sustainability Approach, will focus the efforts
of eight women-centred, community-based, economic development enterprises in Quebec,
Nunavut, Ontario, Alberta and British Columbia, to help 570 low-income women find
and maintain employment, and enhance their leadership and financial skills.
Source:
Canada
Newswire
Related links:
Women's
Economic Council (WEC)
WCE, formerly the Canadian Women’s Community
Economic Development Council, was founded in 2002 to advance women-centred community
economic development to improve the lives of women, their families and communities.
[ Links
- excellent collection, includes readings on women and poverty ]
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FEDERAL/PROVINCIAL/TERRITORIAL
MINISTERS
RESPONSIBLE FOR THE STATUS OF WOMEN MEET IN WINNIPEG, MANITOBA
27th
Annual Federal-Provincial-Territorial Meeting of Ministers responsible for the
Status of Women
Winnipeg, Manitoba - April 7-8, 2009
Communique
WINNIPEG,
Manitoba, April 8, 2009 – Federal/Provincial/Territorial (FPT) Ministers
responsible for the Status of Women gathered in Winnipeg from April 6 to 8, 2009,
for their 27th annual meeting. During their talks, they identified the urgency
of exploring ways to facilitate women’s labour force participation and economic
security, considered actions toward improving the lives of Inuit, Métis
and First Nations women, both on and off reserve, and discussed measures to address
violence against women in Canada.
Source:
Canadian
Intergovernmental
Conference Secretariat
24th
Annual Federal-Provincial-Territorial Meeting of Ministers responsible for the
Status of Women
Regina, Saskatchewan
September 22-23, 2005
o News
Release
Source:
Canadian
Intergovernmental
Conference Secretariat
| Women
Candidates in General Elections 1921 to Date Source: Parliamentary Internet |
Gender-Based
Analysis: Building Blocks for Success Gender
Analysis of Policy: Time to do Business Differently Related Links: Standing
Committee on the Status of Women (House of Commons) |
From
the Canadian
Population Health Initiative (CPHI) :
[ Canadian
Institute for Health Information - CIHI ]
Women
Live Longer Than Men – but Life-Expectancy Figures Mask Major Health Problems
New
Report Provides First Comprehensive Look at Health of Canadian Women; Finds Disturbing
Risks Among Young Women
News Release
September 30, 2003
Canadian
Population Health Initiative (CPHI)
"Canadian women live longer than men,
but that doesn’t mean they’re healthier. A new report shows that both
younger and older women are actually at higher risk than men for many serious
health problems."
- In this release: General Findings | Risks for Younger
Women | Risks for Older Women | Risks for Single Mothers and Rural Women | About
the Report | About CPHI | Contact
Table
of Contents - just the TOC, no links to actual content
Complete
report:
Women's
Health Surveillance Report :
A Multi-Dimensional Look at the Health of Canadian
Women (PDF file - 917K, 102 pages)
Other
CPHI reports:
The
Impact of Poverty on Health by Shelley Phipps, June 2003 (PDF file -297K,
39 pages)
Policy Approaches to Address the Impact of Poverty on Health
by David P. Ross, June 2003 (293K, 33 pages)
Poverty and Health: Links
to Action - proceedings of the CPHI National Roundtable on Poverty and
Health, March 26, 2002 (PDF file - 232K, 36 pages)
- Children and Youth Health-CPHI
Atlantic Regional Workshop
- Determinants of Healthy Communities-CPHI Prairie
Regional Workshop
- Place and Health-CPHI Research Workshop Report
- "Initial
Directions" Proceedings of CPHI's First Roundtable on Aboriginal Peoples'
Health
- Women's Health Surveillance Report
Coming this fall:
-
Aboriginal Peoples' Health-CPHI Roundtable Series Reports 2 & 3
- Obesity
in Canada-CPHI Roundtable Report
Women's Health Bureau [from Health Canada Online]
Women's
Health Strategy
- incl. : Recognizing the Issues - Progress to Date
- Canada's Commitments to Women's Health - The Women's Health Strategy: Health
Canada's Response - Health Canada and the Women's Health Bureau - A Changing Environment
- and much more...
Key Activities includes links to : Women's Health Strategy - Centres of Excellence for Women's Health Program - Menopause - Gender-Based Analysis Initiative - Ninth Conference of the Spouses of Heads of State and Government of the Americas - Women's Health Bureau Open House
Links to Women's Sites - incl. links to Women's health organizations in Canada, the U.S. and other countries
Centres
of Excellence for Women's Health (Health Canada)
- "The Women’s Health Contribution Program supports policy research and education
on women’s health issues. Managed by the Women's Health Bureau, Health Canada,
the Program is a partnership between community and academic researchers."
- Northern FIRE
: Northern Secretariat of the BC Centre of Excellence for Women's Health
- B.C. Centre of Excellence for Women's Health
- Children's & Women's Hospital, Vancouver
- Prairie
Women's Health Centre of Excellence - Winnipeg, Regina and Saskatoon
- National
Network on Environments and Women's Health - York University, Toronto
- Centre of Excellence
for Women's Health - Université de Montréal
- Atlantic Centre of Excellence for Women's
Health - Halifax
National
Clearinghouse on Family Violence (Health Canada)
The National Clearinghouse
on Family Violence is a national resource centre for professionals, front-line
workers, researchers and community groups seeking information about violence within
the family and looking for new resources being used to address it. This is a large
site of information on child abuse, violence against women, and abuse of seniors..
You'll find fact sheets, a newsletter, special reports and studies and much more.
Family
Violence Initiative - The federal government's commitment to reduce family
violence in Canada.
Collection
of links to local, provincial, national and international organizations -
Impressive!
The
Family Violence Initiative : Year Five Report (PDF file - 701K, 82
pages)
December 2002
Posted to the site May 26, 2004
PDF file dated
March 2004
"The Family Violence Initiative Year Five Report presents an
overview of the achievements of the federal investment in family violence prevention
for the fiscal period April 1997 to March 2002.
It provides:
- an overview
of the Family Violence Initiative;
- a synthesis of the performance results
in relation to identified key results from April 1997 to March 2002, based on
departmental performance reports, commissioned case studies, evaluation and review
information; and
- an overview of “the road ahead” for the Family
Violence Initiative for the period beginning April 2002."
Source:
The
Family Violence Initiative (FVI)
[ part of the National
Clearinghouse on Family Violence (NCFV ]
[ part of Health
Promotion Online ]
[ part of Health
Canada ]
CEWH
Research Bulletin
- this link takes you to the table of contents of
the current issue of the bulletin (Spring 2002); down the left side of the page,
you'll also find links to five earlier issues (back to the fall of 2000); in each
case, you can either click on the individual sections of the bulletin to read
them selectively or you can download the entire issue in PDF format.
- topics
covered include : caregiving, women and health care reform, what counts and who’s
counted in women’s health research, women with disabilities, Aboriginal women's
health issues, midwifery, diversity and more...
2001
National Work-Life Conflict Study: Report One
Dr. Chris Higgins,
Professor, Richard Ivey School of Business, U.W.O.
Dr. Linda Duxbury, Professor,
School of Business, Carleton University
Final Report (March 2002)
- includes
the Foreword and Executive Summary
Complete
report (PDF file - 1041K, 99 pages)
Human Rights of Incarcerated Women in Canada Protecting
Their Rights : A Systemic Review of Human Rights Complete report - HTML (table of contents with links to individual sections of the report) ...................... [ The following are dead links. Try Googling the text. ] Correctional
Service Canada Welcomes Report on Federal Women Offenders Office
of the Correctional Investigator: |
Also from the Canadian Human Rights Commission:
Speech
by the Chief Commissioner to the
Global Colloquium on Creating a Level Playing
Field for Women
March
5th, 2004
Washington D.C.
Source:
Canadian
Human Rights Commission
Related Links:
Women
continue to advance into management ranks, EEOC study finds
Glass
Ceiling Phenomenon Differs by Industry
"WASHINGTON
- A new study conducted by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)
Glass Ceilings: The Status of Women as Officials and Managers in the Private
Sector shows that women now represent about 36 percent of all officials and
managers in private sector employment, a seven percent increase over the 12-year
period examined."
- incl. info about the Global Colloquium on Creating
a Level Playing Field for Women
Complete
report:
HTML version - includes Executive Summary of the report
PDF
version (16.6MB, 42 pages)
Source:
U.S.
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) (U.S.
Govt.)
"The EEOC enforces Title VII of the Civil Rights Act
of 1964 (prohibiting employment discrimination on the basis of race, color, sex,
religion or national origin); the Age Discrimination in Employment Act,
which protects workers age 40 and older from discrimination based on age; the
Equal Pay Act of 1963; the Rehabilitation Act of 1973,
which prohibits employment discrimination against people with disabilities in
the federal sector; Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act,
which prohibits employment discrimination against people with disabilities in
the private sector and in state and local governments; and sections of the Civil
Rights Act of 1991."
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Sample reports about women's issues:
October 15, 2009
Study:
Family violence and shelters for abused women, 2007
Family violence
accounted for about 23% of all police-reported violent crime in 2007. Of the nearly
75,800 incidents of police-reported family violence, about 40,200, or 53%, were
violent incidents perpetrated by a current or former spouse or common-law partner.
Spousal violence was more likely to occur between current spouses or common-law
partners than between former spouses or partners.
- includes two tables:
*
Number of violent crimes by sex of victim and relationship to accused in 2007
and
* Number of shelters for abused women by type of facility, Canada, provinces
and territories, 2007/2008
[ Complete study : Family
Violence in Canada: A Statistical Profile 2009 ]
The 2009 edition of Family
Violence in Canada: A Statistical Profile is a profile of shelters that provide
residential services to women and children fleeing abusive situations. The 2009
edition also presents fact sheets, data tables and figures on spousal violence,
family violence against children and youth, family violence against seniors aged
65 and older, and family-related homicides. ]
The
Evolution of Male-Female Wages Differentials in
Canadian Universities: 1970-2001(PDF
file - 618K, 53 pages)
Child
and Family Benefits Page - from the website of the(formerly revenue Canada)
Information about the Canada Child Tax Benefit and
the National Child Benefit Also includes information concerning the following
related provincial and territorial programs administered by Revenue Canada:
Alberta Family Employment Tax Credit - BC Family Bonus - New
Brunswick Child Tax Benefit - Newfoundland and Labrador Child Benefit - Northwest
Territories Child Benefit - Nova Scotia Child Benefit - Nunavut Child Benefit
- Saskatchewan Child Benefit - Yukon Child Benefit.
International
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women
(CEDAW).
Ratified by Canada in December 1981.
Complete text of the Convention and Canada's fourth report.
Celebrating
Women's Achievements
- from the National Library of Canada
Maternity
benefits not available to those who need them most Related Link: Employment
Insurance Changes Needed Also from NSACSW: Report
Highlights Women's Economic Inequality Double Workload Complete report: Women’s
Paid and Unpaid Work (PDF file - 169K, 67 pages) Child
Care in Nova Scotia Update (PDF file - 6K, 1 page) Advisory Council Publications - impressive list of reports, studies, briefs and statistics, including Informational and Statistical (where you'll find links to earlier reports in this statistical series) |
Building
Transitions to Good Jobs for low Income Women - Nova Scotia
July 7,
2004
By Stella Lord and Anne Martel
"This report is about low-income
women in Nova Scotia and their options for moving out of poverty. It was prepared
for the Nova Scotia Advisory Council on the Status of Women on the recommendation
of its Round Table on Women’s Economic Security. The report focuses on what
kind of transition-to-employment strategies and best practices would provide a
better foundation to enable women in Nova Scotia to move out of poverty into more
stable, well-paid employment."
Complete
report (PDF file - 249K, 70 pages)
Summary
and Recommendations (PDF file - 150K, 7 pages)
Source:
Nova
Scotia Advisory Council on the Status of Women
Employment
Insurance and Women: What You Should Know (PDF - 130K, 6 pages)
[* includes links to nearly three dozen online resources]
April 2009
Table
of contents:
1. Fewer Women Qualify
2. Accumulating Those Magic Hours
3.
When Caring Conflicts With Work
4. Women’s Benefits Are Low
5. Inadequate
Sickness Benefits
6. A Poor Plan For Parents
7. Quebec Parents Have It
8.
Inadequate Caregiving Leave
9. What Women Want
10. In Support of Effective
Policies
Source:
Source:
New Brunswick
Advisory Council on the Status of Women
NOTE: the home page contains links
to several dozen more reports
A
Guide to Government Services for Women (revised October 2003)
Source
: Ontario Women's Directorate
- incl. links to and information about two dozen Ontario Government programs
and services for women : Human Rights Code - Ontario Housing Corporation - Child
Welfare - Employment Standards - Legal Advice - Breast Cancer Screening Program
- Long-Term Care - Violence Against Women - Women’s Economic Independence
(General - Women and Employment - Entrepreneurship - Education and Training -
Training Hotline - Students
[NOTE: Let's hope this is a work in progress -
there's no mention of financial assistance programs for either women or students
(among other areas). I'd like to suggest the following addendum for their next
update...
Welfare program:
Ontario
Works (OW) - for eligible people without disabilities
Ontario
Disability Support Program (ODSP) - for eligible people with disabilities
Source
: Ministry of Community, Family and
Children's Services
Student Assistance:
Ontario
Student Assistance Program
Source : Ministry
of Education / Ministry of Trainining, Colleges and Universities
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also (on separate Canadian Social Research Links pages):
Links
to Canadian Women's Non-Governmental Organizations (Social Issues)
Links
to International Sites about Women's Social Issues
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