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GENDER EQUALITY:  LIP SERVICE OR POLITICAL COMMITTMENT?
By Dr. Saôde Savary
In Human Rights, International
Posted May 7, 2017

GENDER EQUALITY: LIP SERVICE OR POLITICAL COMMITTMENT?

Twenty-two years after Canada adopted its Employment Equity Act, women are still fighting to close employment gender gaps. In 2016, the World Economic Forum Report on Gender Gap ranked Canada 35 [...]

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