Women's Equality Archives - Page 24 of 49

Prime Minister Cameron supports Gender Equality

Recently British Prime Minister David Cameron had to ask all the commonwealth countries to change their laws in accordance with his new the British law to ensure that girls, not just a boys can take the throne (all for for Prince William and Catherine.) Here is what he wrote,”We espouse gender equality in all other aspects of life, and

200,000 women forced to have sex during war get a memorial

During the Second World War about 200,000 Chinese and Korean women were forced to have sex with Japanese soldiers in military brothels. There is a memorial in their names in New Jersey that is causing some commotion. Apparently Japanese officials want the memorial taken down. No surprise I guess. Like the Holocaust, however thse memorials not only help heal

Lawyers should be ashamed in Aquilini divorce case

I just read about the big divorce trial of Francesco Aquilini (one of the owners of the Vancouver Canucks) and his wife Taliah. They are fighting over a $615,ooo wine collection. It is a chilling story of a mother of 4 children who was a stay-at-home-mom for 20 years and has absolutely no income except

Morrocco is finally outlawing forced marriages

It just shows how far women have to go. A year ago a 16 year old Moroccan girl was forced to marry a man who raped her. Jut recently the government of Morocco decided to change the law so women could not be forced into marriage. This traditional practice is still found across the Middle East, sadly.

Government policies harm women more than men

Professor Marjorie Griffin Cohen, a brilliant researcher at SFU suggests that women should vote against any government that introduces policies that harm women. What does that mean? Here are a few practical examples from her recent Op Ed in the Vancouver Sun (17 Dec 12) merged with my ideas: Minimum wage. When governments change the minimum

Women leave because corporations don’t care and they do

According to a recent article by Yvonnne Zacharias, the glass ceiling is causing more women to leave corporations and become entrepreneurs. No real surprise. Between 2000 and 2011 self-employed women in Canada grew by 23%. An Ipsos Reid survey of 500 top female executives discovered the vast majority of women still feel the glass ceiling. Joanne Norris a

I love Janet Austin CEO of YWCA and universal child care

Janet Austin is so smart. When recently asked why women can’t seem to get ahead she said that there are lots of great and well-educated women out there. But they are under-employed. In her opinion (which I share) we we create conditions that make it difficult (I say impossible) for these women to use their education

Thanks Daphne for writing about Sugar Babies dark side

Daphne Bramham wrote a great article today: “There is nothing sweet about these daddies” in the Vancouver Sun (25 Jan 2013). She was refering to the company that links women with “sugar daddies” to help them pay for tuition. As Daphne says about the men who set up these sites and the men who are offering money

DJ fired by calling our Premier a MILF

I am not sure what a MILF is, but I can guess. A Victoria Times Columnist reported that a Courtney (Vancouver Island) radio station, JET FM fired DJ Justin Wilcomes for asking Christy Clark, our BC Premier what it’s like to be a MILF. Apparently the Premier was not offended, nor did her office complain or ask for a

Research on 500 women executives can’t be wrong

The Ipsos Reid study (for Randstad) from June 2012 is SO important. 500 female executives were surveyed. Here are some of the findings: 77% said there was a moderate or large divide between the money a man gets in a leadership role and what a woman gets in the same position. 72% said there was a