Monday, May 07, 2007
Break the Glass and Improve the Economy
The Women's Future Fund launched the BREAK THE GLASS video campaign (www.breaktheglass.ca) to rekindle debate about women's equality in Canada. Inspired in part by funding cuts to organizations working to improve women's opportunities in Canada, this campaign encourages Canadians to speak up for women's equality.
The Women's Future Fund is a coalition of national, charitable organizations tackling systemic barriers to women’s advancement. Its member groups (of which ACTEW is one) deliver programs to protect and promote the financial independence, legal rights, educational opportunities, safety, health and well-being of the next generation of women.
Women's inequality isn't just a women's issue. Most recently The Economist, in its April 21, 2007 issue, argues that both poor and rich countries lose out when women aren't strong force in the labour market. The article reports that affordable child care and fair taxation systems increase women's employment and that if American women's employment rates were raised to the same level as men's, America's GDP would be 9% higher. Women's employment also addresses labour market shortages being faced by an ageing society.
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