Canadian women and cities / prepared by Caroline Andrew, Penny Gurstein, Fran Klodawsky, Beth Moore Milroy, Janet McClain, Linda Peake Damaris Rose & Gerda Wekerle; for International Relations Division,...: NH15-870/1994E-PDF

"This document puts forward a Canadian position on the OECD proposal to hold a conference on Women and the City. The paper is based on the idea that Canada will best be able to contribute to the purpose of this conference by describing its "best practices" in a limited number of areas of particular innovation. The central focus of the document is therefore a brief description of existing practices in these three areas: women’s housing as a continuum, urban safety, and the use of human rights legislation to expand women’s accessibility to urban services and facilities"--Executive summary.

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Department/Agency Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation. International Relations Division, issuing body.
Title Canadian women and cities / prepared by Caroline Andrew, Penny Gurstein, Fran Klodawsky, Beth Moore Milroy, Janet McClain, Linda Peake Damaris Rose & Gerda Wekerle; for International Relations Division, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation.
Publication type Monograph
Language [English]
Format Electronic
Electronic document
Note(s) Digitized edition from print [produced by Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation].
Includes bibliographical references (pages 23-28).
Includes executive summary in English and French.
Publishing information Ottawa, Ontario : International Relations Division, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, April 1994.
Author / Contributor Andrew, Caroline, 1942- author.
Description 1 online resource (28 pages)
Catalogue number
  • NH15-870/1994E-PDF
Subject terms Women -- Canada -- Social conditions.
Urban women -- Canada.
Women and city planning -- Canada.
Women -- Housing -- Canada -- Safety measures.
Femmes -- Canada -- Conditions sociales.
Femmes en milieu urbain -- Canada.
Femmes et urbanisme -- Canada.
Femmes -- Logement -- Canada -- Sécurité -- Mesures.
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