Wife Battering It Could Happen To You
A Canadian study across seven cities shows 1 in 10 married or common law women are battered by partners. In 90 percent of spousal assaults the victim is female, and about 18 percent of emergency hospital cases involve battered women. Police response can be slow, charges may be laid without the victim’s wish, and some women face contempt charges for testifying. Since 1980 CACSW pushed for federal funding for transition houses. by 1985 only 165 houses existed nationwide.
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Canada
CACSW
Grim Statistics Highlight Poverty Risk for Elderly Women
The report shows that women over 65 face higher poverty rates, with about 335,000 single, widowed, or divorced seniors living in poverty. Median incomes for single elderly women are far lower than couples, and many rely entirely on OAS GIS. Company pensions provide little relief, as many widows lack access to pensions or receive only a fraction of their spouses' benefits.
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Canada
Canada faces child care crisis as women return to work
The country lacks licensed spaces with rural and native communities hardest hit. Fewer than one in ten children have licensed care, with over 90 percent of working mothers' kids in unregulated care. Poverty rises in female-led single-parent families, and provincial standards vary widely.
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Canada
Proverty
Women workers break gender barriers in wartime and beyond
The piece recalls Rosie the Riveter and notes women entering previously male roles during World War II. It cites Statistics Canada figures showing wage gaps in 1943 shipyards and a 1971 to 1981 rise in women occupying top professions, increasing from 11 to 19 percent by 1981.
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Statistics Canada
Canada
Unmasking Pornography
The text argues pornography normalizes violence against women and fuels sexual coercion. It cites studies linking lax obscenity laws to rising sexual assaults and notes a trend toward younger subjects. It ends with a call for action by women and men for themselves and their children.
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