The Trudeau government has enacted genuinely feminist policies but needs to back them up with more money if it wants to make a lasting difference, Oxfam Canada says.
before International Women's Day on Friday, assessing steps the government took between March 2018 and February 2019 to make meaningful progress toward gender equity.
Ravon pointed also to the introduction of the first-ever Poverty Reduction Act, the creation of the Department of Women and Gender Equality and the doubling of funding for Canadian women's movements as other wins over the last year in advancing women's rights in Canada. More federal investments are needed for child care and to reduce gender-based violence if government wants to make improvements that would have meaningful and lasting positive impacts for women in Canada, the Oxfam report says.
Women continue to be under-represented in municipal governments, making up just one-third of municipal councillors and only five mayors. They also continue to be paid less than their male counterparts and are still not being promoted to upper management positions as often as men.
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