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We must do better for sexual assault survivors. The answer isn’t rocket science
Really addressing sexual violence means education on the meaning of consent. And that’s where it starts to become complicated: Sure it’s serious training for all the actors in the criminal justice system: police officers, prosecutors, and judges. But it also means transformational sex education. It means changing society’s understanding of the meaning of consent, sex and sexuality.
Tags: crime prevention, featured, Health, ideology, women, youth
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John Tory presses premier to address daycare crisis
Tory urges… the following measures: Fund at least 4,918 new subsidies for low-income parents to help reduce the city’s subsidized child-care wait list of more than 18,000 children… make the services affordable for families, and… Embed child care as part of early learning and give kids in care the same opportunities and supports as kids in the elementary school system; also fund school boards directly for the cost of space used for early-years programs and care before and after school.
Tags: budget, child care, ideology, jurisdiction, participation, standard of living, women
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Why are police calling so many sexual-assault complaints ‘unfounded’?
… police classify an average of 5,500 sexual-assault complaints as unfounded every year. That means these cases are not included in statistics about sexual assault… Experts blame inconsistent police training for the discrepancies… Unfairly dismissing their complaints as unfounded only adds to the sense that the system is weighted against sexual-assault victims from the start.
Tags: crime prevention, ideology, mental Health, rights, women, youth
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We are failing the community of sexual assault victims
… the independence, detachment and consistency that are core virtues of the justice system are at the same time the root causes of one of the justice system’s most profound failures: its dramatic inability to deliver justice to survivors of sexual violence. We in the justice system value precedent, which means we tend to stick to the same old ways for far too long… we decline to listen deeply to constituent groups like sexual assault survivors because we convince ourselves they are ill-informed laypersons with suspicious agendas.
Tags: crime prevention, ideology, mental Health, rights, women, youth
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Ladies, check your privilege
For all the barriers that women face, we have abundant freedoms and privileges that are not available to men… the myth that women only make 78 per cent of what men make is an alternative fact that does not stand up to reality. Besides, who does the dirty work? Not us… The vast majority of workplace fatalities are male. So are the vast majority of workers in policing, firefighting, war and other lethal professions… As for violence, men are the chief victims.
Tags: featured, ideology, participation, women
Posted in Equality Debates | 4 Comments »
Women killed by their spouses are not casualties in someone else’s story
“Humanizing the (usually) male predators and murderers of women while the achievements and life stories of their victims are ignored only contributes to the epidemic of violence against women.”
Tags: crime prevention, ideology, mental Health, women
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Justin Trudeau needs to keep his EI promise to sick mothers — soon
Thousands of mothers who have been waiting for the Liberals to keep their campaign promise to pay them the Employment Insurance sickness benefits they were entitled to under the law… four years of fighting… has left the government with a hefty and climbing legal bill. You and other taxpayers have spent $2.2 million so far, to prevent women from collecting the EI sickness benefits that they paid for and were legally entitled to.
Tags: disabilities, ideology, rights, standard of living, women
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Canada should strengthen the safety net for precarious jobs
… temporary work has seen the most growth since 1997, particularly in services sectors such as health and education. Part-time employment has grown in line with total employment and seen an increase of 30 per cent between 1997 and 2015… Governments looking to reduce the incidence of non-standard work should be wary of heavy-handed legislative interventions and focus instead on bolstering social policy frameworks.
Tags: economy, featured, Health, ideology, participation, pharmaceutical, women
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10 charts that defined Ontario in 2016
#1: Ontario’s Persistent Gender Pay Gap… #2: Ontario’s social assistance gap… #3: The predatory loan trap… #4: Ontario’s inadequate minimum wage… #5: Where the jobs are… #6: Housing affordability out of reach… #7: Home Sharing or Alt-Hotels? … #8: Toronto is finally talking revenue options… #9: Neglecting public services… #10: On the path to balanced budget
Tags: budget, economy, participation, poverty, standard of living, tax, women
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Build a national child care system
Federal, provincial and municipal governments across the country must work together to establish an affordable, universal childcare system. If they don’t, some parents may even be forced to quit working… three-quarters of mothers of young children are in the workforce, but there are licensed spots available for less than a quarter of children under 5… The lack of space is even tougher on the poor, who need subsidized day care spaces to afford to go to work or even look for it.
Tags: budget, child care, ideology, jurisdiction, participation, standard of living, women
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