00000nam 2200000za 4500 9.857790 CaOODSP 20221107155833 cr ||||||||||| 180615s2018 onc #o f|0| 0 eng d CaOODSP eng n-cn--- XC71-1/1-421-12E-PDF Canada. Parliament. House of Commons. Standing Committee on the Status of Women. Women's economic security [electronic resource] : securing the future of Canada's economy / Karen Vecchio, chair. [Ottawa] : House of Commons, 2018. xi, 240 p. Report of the Standing Committee on the Status of Women ; Twelfth report, 42nd Parliament, 1st session Issued also in French under title: La sécurité économique des femmes : assurer l'avenir de l'économie canadienne. "June 2018." Original published on: 2018/06/14. Republished on: 2018/06/22. Includes bibliographic references. "Over the past half a century, the economic security and participation of women in the Canadian economy has undergone an incredible transformation. Women’s workforce participation increased steadily, from around 24% in 1953 to 76% in 1990. By 2016, women made up approximately 47.3% of the Canadian labour force. While this evolution has been advantageous to Canadian women and to the economy as a whole, there remain significant challenges to women’s full and equal participation in the Canadian economy. Improving women’s economic security is essential as it contributes significantly to the maintenance and growth of the Canadian economy"--Summary, p. 1. gccst Status of women gccst Economics Vecchio, Karen, 1971- La sécurité économique des femmes (CaOODSP)9.857792 Report of the Standing Committee on the Status of Women ; Twelfth report, 42nd Parliament, 1st session. (CaOODSP)9.506808 PDF 5.90 MB https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2018/parl/xc71-1/XC71-1-1-421-12-eng.pdf