By Lee Tunstall #iregret, #metoo, age of consent, Canadian women, consensual, female leaders, women, women's movement, women's rights
Time for #MeToo to shift to the #IRegret movement Strangely, in this weird moment in history that we are all living in, it’s a good time to be alive. I’ve been a feminist most of my adult life, at least since I realized the power imbalances that were rampant in present and past societies. […]
By Elizabeth Sheehy and Isabel Grant assault, Bill C-75, Canadian women, domestic abuse, domestic violence, family violence, Indigenous women, physical assault, risks, violence, violence against women, women
Bill C-75 reforms too little, too late to respond to domestic violence A woman is killed by her current or former partner every six days in Canada. Indigenous women are killed by their intimate partners at a rate eight times higher. In Peel (Toronto) alone, five women were killed in January 2018 — the […]
By Ivy Lynn Bourgeault Canadian women, gender, gender equity, gender parity, health leadership, health workforce, leadership, women, women in healthcare
Why it’s critical we use gender transformative approaches for the health workforce in Canada Sometimes an issue can be so pervasive that it is rendered nearly invisible. Take for instance the gender of the health workforce. Women comprise 82 per cent of health workers in Canada, in contrast to 47 per cent in the total labour […]
By Shannon Sampert affordable child care, budget 2018, Canada Child Benefit, child care, income gap, Justin Trudeau, Minister Bill Morneau, pay equity, pay equity legislation, Pierre Trudeau, wage gap, women, women in Canada
Pay equity legislation is important, but that alone will not close the gap for women. Affordable and accessible child care will There were a lot of old ghosts haunting the Liberal government when it tabled its budget on February 27. But have these spectres brought change to women’s lives this International Women’s Day? Not […]
By Shannon Sampert #metoo, #metoo movement, cabinet ministers, Canadian politics, Kent Hehr, politics, sexual harrassment, sexual impropriety, sexual misconduct, sexual misconduct allegations, women
Scope of sexual-harassment spreads It’s starting to be counted down in minutes, rather than hours or days. How many minutes since the last revelation of a powerful man being accused of sexual harassment, sexual violence, sexual impropriety? The disclosures are shaking halls of power — beginning with the powerful in entertainment, and now, in […]
By Shannon Sampert #metoo, domestic violence, domestic violence victims, gender violence, inequality, victims, women
If 2017 is the year of #MeToo, then could 2018 be the year that we finally tackle the silence surrounding domestic violence and its pervasiveness in society? Could this be the year when domestic violence victims no longer hide in the shadows but instead come forward and demand their tormentors be held responsible: #MeTooDV, perhaps? […]
By Shannon Sampert budget cuts, equal rights, equality, female representation, lactation consultants, layoffs, Manitoba nurses, stigma, Winnipeg Regional Health Authority, women, women’s health
The Pallister government has been steadfast in its austerity drive, a mandate on which it was elected. For many, it has been a welcome reprieve after years of burgeoning NDP deficits and a declining provincial credit rating (which fell again last summer, despite the premier’s best-made plans). But has the Conservatives’ war on debt become […]
By Shannon Sampert all male panel, equal rights, equality, female experts, female representation, manels, sexism, stigma, women
I have to admit, I spent much of Saturday watching on repeat the video clip of federal Environment Minister Catherine McKenna in a scrum after meeting with her provincial peers. No, it wasn’t because I was in awe of the Manitoba government’s plans for carbon tax (I’m not), but McKenna’s single-handed slicing and dicing of […]
By Neeta das McMurtry Canada, education, systemic barriers, women
What happens to kids who authorities determine can’t live safely with their own parents or caregivers? Thousands of Canadian children are in this situation right now.
By pregnancy, pregnant, women
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