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Over the past two and a half decades, there has been a sustained upward trend in educational attainment among Canadians, led by women. The proportion of women with a university … Read more
Women self-reported 553,000 sexual assaults in 2014, according to Statistics Canada’s General Social Survey on Victimization. Although both men and women experience sexual assault, women accounted for 92% of victims … Read more
First Nations, Métisand Inuit women (collectively referred to as Indigenous women) face many socio-economic issues today because of the effects of colonization. Moreover, social, economic and political marginalization, as well as racial stereotyping, discrimination, and the loss … Read more
The 2006 Census enumerated 3,222,795 immigrant women in Canada, who made up 20.3% of the country’s female population. The proportion of immigrant women had not been at a similar level … Read more
More than 235,000 Canadians experience homelessness annually, costing the economy $7 billion. On a given night, more than 35,000 Canadians are homeless. Women parenting on their own enter shelters at … Read more
Black women and girls, in particular, continue to live in poverty and poor health, experience significant levels of violence, and struggle to access decent employment, housing and public services. In 2016, … Read more
According to a new study by Plan International Canada, many women feel both sexes are still being pigeonholed into traditional gender roles. The study also finds that 70 per cent … Read more
Women’s Centres across Nova Scotia continue to provide services to women to the best of our abilities. This includes bringing issues of injustice or disproportionate impact to the attention of … Read more
Sex and gender play an important role in affecting a patient’s health, their risk factors, how they experience health care and how health-care professionals provide care. Women, for instance, are … Read more
Worldwide, one in three women experiences physical or sexual violence mostly by an intimate partner. Half of all women in Canada have experienced at least one incident of physical or … Read more
In 2016, Canadian police services reported 340 incidents of human trafficking where it was the most serious violation (Chart 1). According to police-reported data, there were a total of 865 … Read more
There has been a disproportionate impact of the pandemic, and measures to address it, on women in the areas of mental health, health care, and other critical social justice (& … Read more
Women’s Centres across Nova Scotia continue to be open, providing services for women: During stay-at-home orders Women’s Centres provided remote services only – over the phone, email, video chat, etc. … Read more
Recent events in Nova Scotia and across Canada are demanding our attention. The scandal at Dalhousie University Dental School, the allegations against Jian Ghomeshi, and the tragic loss of Rheteah … Read more
International View: Canada loses status as the best place to live. Not too many years ago, Canada prided itself on being the best place on earth to live. Now, we … Read more
by Lee Lakeman, Angela Miles and Linda Christiansen–Ruffman For millennia women’s work, along with the free gifts of nature, has provided most of the true wealth of our communities. Women’s … Read more
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