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Additionally, the Report of the Royal Commission on the Status of Women in Canada was released, highlighting issues facing women in eight categories. [29] This report focused on improving the institutions of society that were oppressing women, achieving more autonomy for women, female presence in politics, universal childcare, and improving the ...
Just in time for Equal Pay Day (which is today), NowThis announced the news Tuesday that they will team with the advocacy group to highlight key issues facing women in the workplace. The ...
Research by the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) Cymru and the University of South Wales highlighted the issues facing women with leadership ambitions.
In developed countries with more social and legal gender equality, overall health outcomes can disfavor men. For example, in the United States, as of 2001, men's life expectancy is 5 years lower than women's (down from 1 year in 1920), and men die at higher rates from all top 10 causes of death, especially heart disease and stroke. [27]
A variety of global issues like HIV/AIDS, illiteracy, and poverty have been occurring and are becoming a great aspect throughout society as it lacks the importance as "women's issues" since women are disproportionately affected throughout this issues. [49] Women's health is at risk which causes a lot of issue in the long term run. In many ...
Women also tend to live longer than men, relying longer on the social welfare program to prevent them from outliving their savings. That means the future of Social Security is critical to the ...
This list of global issues presents problems or phenomena affecting people around the world, including but not limited to widespread social issues, economic issues, and environmental issues. Organizations that maintain or have published an official list of global issues include the United Nations, and the World Economic Forum.
Excessive gender neutrality can worsen the situation of women, because the law assumes women are in the same position as men, ignoring the biological fact that in the process of reproduction and pregnancy there is no 'equality', and that apart from physical differences there are socially constructed limitations which assign a socially and ...