Soutien Aux Femmes, Le Travail Des Femmes Et la Garde D'enfants À L'ère de la Réduction Du Déficit, Du Transfert Des Responsabilités, de la Réduction de la Taille de L'État Et de la Déréglementation
Soutien Aux Femmes, Le Travail Des Femmes Et la Garde D'enfants À L'ère de la Réduction Du Déficit, Du Transfert Des Responsabilités, de la Réduction de la Taille de L'État Et de la Déréglementation

Author: Gillian Doherty-Derkowski

Publisher: Condition féminine Canada

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 242

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Among the multiplicity of objectives that high quality child care can meet is the pivotal goal of promoting equality for women. This paper identifies what has been happening in child care over the last decade, describes policy options for the commencement of Canada's long-recommended national child care policy, and suggests that a successful resolution to the child care dilemma would serve as a good test for assessing the effectiveness of the new social union. Topics covered are: deficit reduction and devolution; downsizing and deregulation; the impacts on women; promises, promises; can Canada work without child care.

Benefiting Canada's Children
Benefiting Canada's Children

Author: Christa Freiler

Publisher: Condition féminine Canada

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 256

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Canada's record of support to families with children has never been exemplary. Compared to other industrialized countries and to this country's proud accomplishments in health care and income support for seniors, Canada's showing in family income and other programs has been poor. The document looks at the perspectives on gender and social responsibility. Topics covered are: introduction and overview; a social responsibility framework; the causes of poverty and vulnerability in Canada; addressing poverty and vulnerability in a post-CHST (Canada Health & Social Transfer) world; and review and assessment of the National Child Benefit and Provincial Programs.

Women and the Equality Deficit
Women and the Equality Deficit

Author: Shelagh Day

Publisher: Status of Women Canada

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 244

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February 1995 legislation entitled the Budget Implementation Act repealed the Canada Assistance Plan and introduced the Canada Health & Social Transfer. This publication begins with a review of the Plan, what the new Act has taken away from national social programs, the history of national standards for social programs, the federal role in setting such standards, and implications for women and the poor. Chapter 2 describes the equality commitments made by Canada both internationally and domestically. Chapter 3 examines the application of equality rights when economic policies are challenged in the courts. Chapter 4 explores more closely the content of the rights instruments available to women and sets out interpretations of equality guarantees that can be responsive to women's material inequality and that draw on the richness and complexity of Canada's equality commitments. The final chapter considers the work that women must do to ensure that both social programs and equality guarantees can be responsive to women's needs and aspirations. Future directions are suggested for women's activism, institutional reform, and government policy.

A Complex Web
A Complex Web

Author: Baukje Miedema

Publisher: Condition féminine Canada

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 126

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In recognition of the importance of exploring barriers to justice for abused immigrant women residing in predominately rural areas, this study was designed to identify the reasons why abused immigrant women in New Brunswick are reluctant to access the criminal justice system and justice-related services; and to identify, from the perspective of immigrant women, a set of realistic recommendations to make the criminal justice system and justice-related services more accessible of abused immigrant women.

Le Mouvement Canadien Des Femmes, 1960-1990
Le Mouvement Canadien Des Femmes, 1960-1990

Author: Canadian Women's Movement Archives

Publisher:

Published: 1992

Total Pages: 392

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This bilingual guide captures the range of documentation created in what historians refer to as the second wave of the women's movement, which emerged after 1960 in the context of widespread social and political change in Canada. Included in the guide are the records of women's groups formed or functioning after 1960 that are held in a variety of Canadian archives or by the groups themselves. This guide challenges perceptions of what is archival by focusing on contemporary movement records, which may be held to stimulate research on the contemporary Canadian women's movement and encourage more widespread collection of these records by archival repositories. With its user-friendly approach to archival description, the guide seeks to reach an audience unfamiliar with traditional archives and raise awareness among women's groups and activists of the archival value of their records.