Gender Equity

9 Minutes

Labour Women and Gender

Women need to lead the way and labour needs to act!

PV March 6, 2021

Janice Folk-Dawson is Vice President of the Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL), former president of the Guelph and District Labour Council and former president of Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Local 1334. People’s...

8 Minutes

Women and Gender

CPC centenary: 100 years in the struggle for women’s equality!

PV March 5, 2021

In 1917, International Women’s Day in Russia helped to launch the Russian Revolution, which ended up inspiring working people around the world. This included many working women in Canada, several of whom helped found...

5 Minutes

Women and Gender

IWD 2021: Unite for a People’s Recovery from COVID and gender oppression!

PV March 5, 2021

COVID-19 has stripped away the veneer of capitalism, leaving bare the stark inequalities based on gender, racialization and ability. According to the United Nations, women are the majority of workers in sectors of the...

3 Minutes

Women and Gender World

Argentinian women: “We will never go back underground!”

PV January 5, 2021

Legal, safe and free abortion is law in Argentina, after the Senate assented to a pivotal struggle for the country’s feminist movement. Now the fight will continue for its effective implementation. The Senate approved...