Women and the equality deficit : the impact of restructuring Canada's social programs / [by] Shelagh Day and Gwen Brodsky. : SW21-32/1998E-PDF
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| Department/Agency | Canada. Status of Women Canada. |
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| Title | Women and the equality deficit : the impact of restructuring Canada's social programs / [by] Shelagh Day and Gwen Brodsky. |
| Publication type | Monograph |
| Language | [English] |
| Other language editions | [French] |
| Format | Electronic |
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| Other formats | Paper-[English] |
| Note(s) | 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. Bibliography. |
| Publishing information | Ottawa - Ontario : Status of Women Canada 1998. |
| Description | 222p. |
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| Subject terms | Gender equality Social programs Women Equal opportunities |
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