Gender Equity

2 Minutes

Women and Gender

Roe v. Wade becomes State v. People

PV Editor May 4, 2022

On May 3, leaked documents indicated that the Supreme Court of the United States is preparing to strike down Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 decision which guaranteed abortion rights for women. In doing...

7 Minutes

Women and Gender

The continuing struggle for women’s and gender equality, peace and socialism

PV March 8, 2022

redFEM Dispatches March 8, 2022 marks two years of a pandemic and economic crisis that has seen women losing ground in the struggle for social equality. Women in Canada have lost jobs at a...

10 Minutes

Labour Women and Gender

Capitalism, labour and the problem of pay equity

PV February 18, 2022

redFEM DISPATCHES Jeanne McGuire There are a number of problems which confront us when we decide to tackle the issue of pay equity. We could, for example, get lost in a debate about the...

3 Minutes

Women and Gender

Pay equity – still half a trillion dollars away

Editorial July 29, 2021

Editorial At the end of August – three years after it was passed in 2018 – Canada’s federal pay equity law comes into force for workers in federally regulated industries. It’s a milestone that...