Canadian Women's Foundation
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Our vision is that every woman, girl, and gender-diverse person has the power, safety, support, and rights to thrive, today and tomorrow.
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What do gender justice leaders and experts really think about Canada's Federal #Budget2024 ?
Watch our Budget Response to find out: youtube.com/watch?v=__ombT…
Canadian Women's Foundation
Congratulations to Brigitte Noël, Pasquale Turbide, Jacques Taschereau and Daniel Tremblay on the Landsberg Award nomination of their CBC/Radio-Canada report “The Girls Around Robert Miller”: cbc.ca/newsinteractiv… (1/2)
.Lindsay Jones has been nominated for the Landsberg Award for her articles examining sexual violence against women and for exposing systemic bias in policing and the courts. Congratulations on your nomination, Lindsay! A thread of her work: (1/4)
CJF names Landsberg Award finalists Lindsay Jones Brigitte Noël Jen St. Denis
Read the full media release: newswire.ca/news-releases/…
#CJFAwards #JournalismMatters
Steps to help close the gender pay gap include:
🔵pay equity legislation
🔵increased minimum wage
🔵universal childcare
🔵ongoing audits of compensation/advancement
🔵workplace flexibility
🔵pay transparency
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#EqualPayDay2024
#didyouknow The motherhood earnings gap persists for at least 5yrs after women return to work following the birth of a child.
“The fatherhood premium is a massive 15 per cent in the private sector...”
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#EqualPayDay2024
Girls 12-18 experience a summer job gender pay gap of almost $3/hr. It leads to unequal distribution of school loan repayment+ contributes to a gendered pension gap of 22%, where women retire with about 80% of the pension men retire with.
canadianwomen.org/the-facts/the-…
#EqualPayDay2024
The gender pay gap:
is a widely recognized indicator of gender inequities.
exists across industries/professional levels.
is worse for those who face multiple barriers.
varies by region, field of study, occupation, time allotted to unpaid care + domestic work.
#EqualPayDay2024
#EqualPayDay2024
The gender pay gap refers to the difference in average earnings of people based on gender. Women make $0.84 for every $1 men make. The gap is worse for those who face multiple barriers, including racialized women+women with disabilities.
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Hear from feminist leaders how the new #Budget2024 stacks up for women and gender-diverse people, especially people with disabilities and Black, Indigenous, racialized, migrant, and 2SLGBTQIA+ communities. Register here: ow.ly/p6o150Rgnzu
Today at noon on What She Said!:
💰Gender Wage Gap with OntPayEquity
🍿Our next favourite on streaming Anne Brodie
🌎Preventing food waste this #EarthMonth Puneeta | Writer, Food Advocate | she/ her
👚ORAKI: sustainable fashion
✊ #CountMeIn Canadian Women's Foundation
If present trends continue, it will take 169 yrs to close the gap worldwide. With #EqualPayDay2024 happening in ON tomorrow, you might hear 'the pay gap doesn't even exist' a lot this week. Check out how to combat some of the myths: equalpaycoalition.org/myths-about-th… from @equalpayon
More people have walked on the moon than visited many of the places our podcast guest jillheinerth has explored on Earth. She is a tireless advocate for underwater conservation and water resource protection.
Listen now:
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