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An Interim Report submitted by the New Democratic Party of Canada To the Government of Canada SUMMARYOTTAWA - The Status of Women Committee was supposed to meet on Tuesday but that meeting was...
View ArticleAustralian women spend twice as much time on childcare and chores than men
EXCERPTSAustralia Bureau of Statistics says women spend average of two hours and 52 minutes a day on domestic work and 59 minutes on childcare.Women continue to bear the mental load in Australian...
View ArticleChildcare hasn’t gained much traction with funders. Who's trying to change that?
EXCERPTSChildcare is out of reach for working families, but few funders have stepped in to fill the gap.
View ArticleWomen are damned if they do and damned if they don’t when it comes to...
EXCERPTSWhen Theresa May, Britain’s current prime minister, entered politics, a newspaper reported she might have trouble securing a Conservative nomination because of her parental status: May and her...
View ArticleThe pursuit of gender equality: An uphill battle
The pursuit of gender equality: An uphill battle presents a stark call to action, highlighting that very little progress has been made since the 2012 OECD report Closing the gender gap now.Below are...
View ArticleTo eradicate poverty, eliminate gender inequity
EXCERPTSShe lives with her mother and two young children in a one-bedroom apartment, working odd and demanding hours at minimum wage, barely making ends meet. Now that her mother is ill and can no...
View ArticleAdvocates call for down payment on affordable child care and decent work
EXCERPTSTo mark Child Care Worker and Early Childhood Appreciation Day on October 25th, advocates launch the Decent Work Charter and call for a down payment on the public funding needed to ensure...
View ArticleGuess how many Australian company directors think childcare is important
EXCERPTSDo you think affordable, high-quality childcare is an important issue? If you do, you're almost certainly a parent and probably a woman. You are, however, very unlikely to be the director of...
View ArticleExtend paternity leave and enshrine it in law, says French petition
EXCERPTSA group of high-profile French men have signed a petition demanding the right to longer paternity leave to enable them to better support their partners. The petition, so far signed by nearly...
View Article'I told my boss I was pregnant, the next day he sacked me by voicemail'
Today is Equal Pay Day, where women (ironically) effectively stop earning relative to men. The number one cause of this gap ? Motherhood. EXCERPTSToday is Equal Pay Day: the symbolic fiscal cut-off...
View ArticleOntario urged to make ending child poverty an election issue
Annual child-poverty report being released in Ottawa Tuesday looks to all parties to address the issue in the 2018 Ontario election. EXCERPTSOntario’s proposed $15 minimum wage, legislation to...
View ArticleB.C. not meeting women's rights targets established by UN, says legal...
EXCERPTSA legal advocacy group says British Columbia is falling short of meeting targets set by the United Nations on women's rights.The report card released by West Coast LEAF (Women's Legal...
View ArticleWhy can't Canada keep up on child care?
It is time for our government to invest adequately in child care and for Canada to stop lagging behind among our international community of wealthy nations. EXCERPTSMany Canadian parents know that...
View ArticleAmerica’s lack of paid parental leave policies hurt middle-class women the most
'We are rapidly losing valuable talent' EXCERPTSCare is the core of strong families, an educated and active citizenry and a vibrant economy. The ability of Americans to care for each other is at the...
View ArticleNew parental leave is a test for fathers: New York dads must step up
EXCERPTSAs the newest crop of expectant parents in New York attends birthing classes and decides on paint colors for nurseries, they are also facing a decision that their peers never did: whether and...
View ArticleWhy not all parents benefit from Canada’s parental-leave program
Last month the federal government expanded parental leave for all — but it’s middle- and upper-income people who stand to gain the most EXCERPTSBefore last year, Anna Maria Gutkowska felt that she...
View ArticleShared parental leave key to boosting women’s retirement security
Looking to Scandinavian policies, a government gender equality agency has said encouraging men to take more parental leave could be part of the solution to the gender earnings gap. EXCERPTSWomen in...
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