Why is dealing with womens work a crucial public policy issues in Canada? Explain with reference to at least three authors.

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Feminism in Canada

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Feminism in Canada has a longstanding history . One of the primary roles of Canada 's women 's rights activists was to safeguard the rights of women . Women 's rights activists would vigorously stipulate measures from the government , to ensure that the rights of women are upheld and the role of women is society is uplifted . They would also censor and challenge government measures that they thought went against women 's causes . One important issue that these activists fought for was the role

br of reproductive rights . In 1969 , 200 women formed a chain to rally and fight for the right to abortion in spite of a city bylaw that did not allow public demonstrations (Begin , 1997

Susan Himmelweit 's article The Discovery of "Unpaid Work : The Social Consequences of the Expansion of "Work " discussed the venture of the feminist movement into economics . Feminist economics is the integration of women 's domestic labor into the sphere of economics and the treatment of women in the workplace . The goal of the movement was to acknowledge the importance of the role of women and their contributions in the home environment . This happened at a time where the role of the woman in society or in the household , for that matter , was trivialized . The movement highlighted the different injustices that women faced both at work and at home (Himmelweit

The reading Public Policy for Women The State , Income Security , and Labour Market Issues discussed important issues with regard...