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Gender Equality (Solutions (Girls should stay in school, fight for your…
Gender Equality
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Importance
women and girls represent half of the world’s popu- lation and therefore also half of its potential.
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Impact on Women
Disadvantages in education translate into lack of access to skills and limited opportunities
in the labour market.
Solutions
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Men: work along- side women and girls to achieve gender equality and embrace healthy, respectful relationships
Other Gender Issues
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35 per cent of women have experienced physical and/or sexual intimate partner violence or non-partner sexual violence
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Gender In Canada 2017
Recent decades:
-women account for 47 per cent of the labour force
-helped boost incomes and the economic well-being of Canadian families
Gender Wage Gap
-declined over the last few decades -although Canada continues to have one of the highest wage gaps among Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries
Labour Market Challenges
-women are underrepresented in the trades ---------representation of women in executive leadership positions also remains low
Poverty and Violence
-Women and girls are more likely than men to experience poverty, violence and harassment
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Budget 2016
investments include the new, tax-free Canada Child Benefit, which provides low- and middle-income families with more help with the cost of raising their children. Nine out of 10 families receive more help than they did under previous programs, with average benefits for these families rising by nearly $2,300 in the first year
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