Social Work 1022A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Parental Leave, Child Care, Visible Minority

• School: Western University
• Department: Social Work
• Course: Social Work 1022A/B
• Professor: Carrie Smith

Document Summary

Social work practice with women: changing roles, emerging trends, violence against women. Changes in the 20th century: wo(cid:373)e(cid:374)(cid:859)s pa(cid:396)ti(cid:272)ipatio(cid:374) i(cid:374) the la(cid:271)ou(cid:396) fo(cid:396)(cid:272)e, (cid:1006)9 % (cid:894)(cid:1005)9(cid:1010)(cid:1005)(cid:895) (cid:1010)(cid:1004)% (cid:894)(cid:1005)99(cid:1005)(cid:895, 1960 all women able to vote, mate(cid:396)(cid:374)al fe(cid:373)i(cid:374)ists: thought (cid:449)o(cid:373)e(cid:374)(cid:859)s (cid:374)u(cid:396)tu(cid:396)i(cid:374)g a(cid:374)d (cid:272)a(cid:396)i(cid:374)g (cid:395)ualities, et(cid:272) (cid:449)e(cid:396)e (cid:272)(cid:396)iti(cid:272)al i(cid:374) the. Increased need for part time work, flexible arrangements. Suffragette movement: sought to establish voting rights for women. Juggle to balance work and family (women tend to do more) transformation of society. Composition of family: male-breadwinner families make up about 1/4 of canadian families, dual-earner families make up 3/4 of canadian families. Fertility (rates have decreased: women in the workforce, divorce (divorce rate has increased x6) Gender equality: women and men live in environment that allows them to have equal opportunity to realize full human rights. Gender: how we identify: male, female, or transgendered and adhere to cultural norms of femininity and masculinity (in contrast to sex = biological)