POLS 280 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Canadian Human Rights Act, Parental Leave, Consciousness Raising
13 Feb 2018
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Public hearings over 10 months across entire country. Bridged gaps and widened the movement agenda. 1970 report was 488 pages long outlining 167 recommendations covering: equal pat for work of equal value, maternity leave and day care, birth control, sex discrimination of aboriginal women within the indian act, educational opportunities etc. Work and the economy were key concerns of the rcsw and key matters in gender equality. Wwii women(cid:495)s roles replacing male workers in war industries. Wwii targeted single women first, then married women. 50% of the population has only have of the representative that you would predict since 1960s. Not using the entire talent pool available. Its universal and persistent women(cid:495)s representation at 10 15% globally. Functioning of democracy human resources, legitimacy. Links between numbers and outcomes or descriptive and substantive representation. Substantive representation etc. ) and for the substantive representation it is said to enable. Descriptive representation is valued on its own (justice, fairness, symbolism.
