Canadian Women and the Social Deficit: A Presentation to the International Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

Headings: 
Social and Economic Rights
Authors: 
Sackellares, Stephanie N.
Corporate Author: 
National Association of Women and the Law (NAWL)
Title: 
Canadian Women and the Social Deficit: A Presentation to the International Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
Document Type: 
Information from Non-Governmental Organizations
Reference: 
November 1998
URL: 
http://www.nawl.ca/geneva.htm
Annotation: 
This report to the United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) examines the specific living conditions of Canadian women in order to assess the areas in which their social, economic and cultural rights have been violated. The report begins with a discussion of the rights of equality and the importance of gender analysis in law and policy. The report also provides a detailed discussion of poverty and its gendered impacts. Additional topics discussed include social programs, healthcare and legal aid. There is also a review of inequalities in the Canadian workforce. [Descriptors: Social and Economic Rights, Canada]