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Gender Equality
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Gender in Canada in 2017
What history has shown
Improvements in education, and a growing presence of women in the workforce, have helped boost incomes and the economic well-being of Canadian families.
When women and girls are given opportunities to succeed, Canada succeeds
Women's presence in the workforce has also grown considerably over the past 30 years. Today, women account for 47 per cent of the labour force, compared to 38 per cent in 1976. This, along with real wage gains, has led to a significant increase in the earnings of women.
The Gender Wage Gap
Canada continues to have one of the highest wage gaps among Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries
Family responsibilities may account for part of the wage gap, and career gaps—when mothers leave and return to the workforce
The gender wage gap is particularly large for young women with at least one child, suggesting that women are more likely than men to make accommodations, such as work fewer hours, to balance paid and unpaid work.
Labour Market Challenges
omen are underrepresented in the trades, while they are disproportionately represented in lower-paying occupations across the retail, health and social service sectors
Indigenous women also continue to face a number of barriers to successful labour market integration, including low literacy and numeracy levels and lower rates of graduation.
Sexual assaults account for about 33 per cent of all crimes committed against Indigenous women and 10 per cent of all crimes against non-Indigenous women.
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Women are more likely than men to experience the most severe forms of self-reported spousal victimization, despite having similar prevalence rates as men.
In 2014, 5 per cent of Canadians who had been sexually assaulted reported the incident to police.
Poverty and Violence
Women and girls are more likely than men to experience poverty, violence and harassment
59 per cent of senior victims of family violence were senior women, with a rate 24 per cent higher than that of senior men.
Poverty is a particular concern for single mothers and single senior women, who are more likely to have low incomes and face challenges finding affordable housing.
In some countries,
girls are deprived of access
to health care or proper
nutrition
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