Shout Out's Human Rights Training Agenda

– Thu, 2007 – 11 – 15 23:12

The Shout Out! team will start off our 'unofficial' training on human rights at FAFIA's 2007 Symposium in Gatineau from Dec. 1-2. At the symposium, you'll participate in a number of conversations ranging from gender budgeting to CEDAW. After the symposium, we will gather for our workshop. Look here for all the advance HR training materials and any news and important updates on this front.

HR Training Agenda

– Thu, 2007 – 12 – 06 15:45

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Something to think about...

Women have lower incomes than men. In 2003, the average annual pre-tax income of women aged 15 and over from all sources was 24,400, just 62% the figure for men.

Women are much more likely than men to work part-time. In 2004, 27% (over two million) of the total female workforce were part-time employees, compared with just 11% of employed men. Women currently account for about seven in 10 of all part-time employees.

Women’s median income in 2001 census reports $17,122 compared to $29,276 for men.

Women continue to be among the poorest of the poor in Canada. They make up a disproportionate share of the population with low incomes, 2.4 million in 2001 compared to 1.9 million men.

Women represent 51% of all victims of violent crime reported to a sample of police forces. In 2004, women were charged with committing 17% of all crime in Canada.

In 2003, 38% of all families headed by lone-parent mothers had income which fell below after-tax-low-income-cut-off’s, compared to just 13% of male lone parent families.