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1. CHAPTER 3: EVALUATION OF EQUALITY POLICIES FOR THE STATUS OF WOMEN IN CANADA.

Subjects
GENDER, EQUALITY, WOMEN, SOCIAL conditions of women, SOCIAL impact
Abstract

The aim of this paper is to review and evaluate policies designed to create gender equality in Canada over roughly the past 30 years with a view to determining what impact, if any. they have had on the status of women. After considering 29 indicators, and noting some of their advantages and disadvantages, it is concluded that all things considered, there is more evidence of improvement than of deterioration in the status of women, including more evidence of progress toward gender equality, since the 1970 Report of the Royal Commission on the Status of Women in Canada. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2003
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2. Feminism and Canadian Justice: How Far Have We Come?

Author

Poff, Deborah C.

Subjects
SOCIAL conditions of women, SEX discrimination in employment, JUSTICE, EQUALITY
Abstract

The author explains the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and its impact on women's social and economic status. She enumerates evidences showing non-improvement in the women's economic condition which include less pay compared to men, less access to employer pension plans and majority of income earners below the poverty line. She also discusses the role Canadian women can play in changing the face of Canadian justice system. She highlights the significant role the Women's Legal Education and Action Fund (LEAF) plays as intervenor in equality cases.

Published
1990
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