Women's Equality Archives - Page 35 of 49

Canadians still expect women to sacrifice money, status and careers

Wow…Paul Kershaw nailed it in his last article about how women will be shortchanged in retirement. He says that Canadian gender equality rankings and family policies are near the bottom of all the OECD countries. He states: `Canadians are content to ask young women to sacrifice their earnings, career ambitions and future retirement security to compensate for our

Woman officer was only one who believed prostitutes

Sadly Constable Lori Shenher still lives with a deep regret for not having done more. She was the first police officer to be assigned to the Pickton serial killer case in 1997 – five years before Pickton was arrested. She received tips from informants that Pickton was killing women and putting them in a meat

40 reasons not to spawn: ‘I really regret having children’

Here is a clip of an article by Doug Saunders of the Globe & Mail from a 2007 article. I will look for the book today. “Everywhere you look in France these days, you seem to see its cover: The words NO KID in English, followed by “40 Reasons for Not Having Children” in

Doctors can stop feticide by not disclosing sex of baby

One doctor is fighting the killling of girls in embryo. According to the Canadian Medical Assocation Journal Dr Kale is urging doctors to not tell parents the gender of their fetuses until 30 weeks into pregnancy. Research shows that many Canadians (like many from China and India ) do not want girls and abort them more opften than

Moms are Better Multi-taskers but not Happy about it

Women — especially working mothers — are the ultimate multitaskers, but they’re not too happy about it. There’s now empirical evidence in the December issue of the American Sociological Review that underpins the notion that working moms are juggling multiple roles at once — and having a pretty lousy time doing so. “This helps explain why women feel more

Women’s faces not allowed in Advertisements in Israel

An extreme ultra orthodox Jewish group (Haredi Jews) in Israel is pressuring advertisers to remove all images of women from billboards. And it’s working so well that even ballet studios no longer show women or girls on their promotions! As a result women around the world are being asked to send photos of themselves

Webinar for women in politics on media

The Federation of Canadian Municipalities’ recently announced series of webinars is being held on January 25th and February 1st. English: Wednesday January 25, 2012, 12-1:30 p.m. EST French: Wednesday, February 1, 2012, 12 – 1:30 p.m. EST This webinar will provide valuable information for women who have not been able to attend the campaign workshops

Female sexual addiction- who knows?

I recently read an article on female sexual addiction (Postmedia News Jan 6, 2012). I am not sure what was being said except that no one seems to know much about female sexuality – yet alone whether there is an increase in addiction – whatever that is. Sadly we women and men are still

CEO wages are high because we let them

Every New Year we hear about how much the best paid CEOs are making. Wow! Millions of dollars a day! Routing Number BANCFIRST The headlines scream: It’s not fair! That much is true, yet we must own the reality that we together created a “corporate system” that allows this to happen. Either we are

Working Moms are Happier

Despite the juggling act required to hold down a job and care for children, moms who work report they’re healthier and happier than moms who stay at home when their kids are babies and preschoolers. What’s more, women who worked part-time Routing Number BANCFIRST fared the best, trumping the stay-at-home crowd and, in some