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Women and the equality deficit : the impact of restructuring Canada's social programs / by Shelagh Day and Gwen Brodsky.: SW21-32/1998E

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  • Canada. Status of Women Canada.
TitleWomen and the equality deficit : the impact of restructuring Canada's social programs / by Shelagh Day and Gwen Brodsky.
Publication typeMonograph
Language[English]
Other language editions[French]
FormatPhysical text
Other formatsDigital text-[English]
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  • Contents: Chapter one: From CAP to the CHST: The losses: The larger frame; National social programs and fiscal federalism; the impact of the Budget Implementation Act.--Chapter two: Women's equality: the Normative commitment: International human rights commitments; Domestic human rights commitments.--Chapter three: The Arguments of the opposition: Overview of the cases; Pushing the social and economic dimensions of inequality outside the equality frame; Breaking the linkage between inequality and equality rights.--Resisting the disconnection of equality rights from de facto social and economic inequality.--Chapter four: the BIA, Canada's treaty obligations, and the Charter's equality rights guarantees: The implications of treaty commitments; Canada's compliance with international commitments; Interpreting Section 15 of the Charter; The BIA violates women's equality rights under the Charter.--Chapter four: New directions: Courts and equality rights; International instruments and fora; A post-Beijing Commission on Women's Equality; The future of social programs and "national" standards.
Publishing information
  • Ottawa - Ontario : Status of Women Canada 1998.
BindingSoftcover
Description166, 26, 37p. : references ; 28 cm.
ISBN0-662-26767-2
Catalogue number
  • SW21-32/1998E
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