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Every International Women's Day, I take a well-deserved break. Why even try and jostle for space in a room flooded with corporations and politicians wielding their bullhorns for a day, turning what began as a profound call for social justice in 1975 into a shallow, Hallmark-esque spectacle? It's an …
Continue Reading about Why Do We Need Pay Equity in 2024? Let Me Count the Ways
By Kadie Ward, Commissioner and CAO, Ontario Pay Equity Commission Together we have been exploring women’s worth and what that means in different contexts, and most importantly, how we value women’s worth impacts our personal economic security and the broader economy. We began this series …
Continue Reading about Women’s Worth Part 3: Level The Paying Field!
By Kadie Ward, Commissioner and CAO, Ontario Pay Equity Commission The economic impacts of unpaid care work and the undervaluation of paid care work by women are large and measurable. Last month, we talked about the clustering of women in certain sectors in the workforce and how those …
Continue Reading about Women’s Worth Part 2: The Economics of The Unpaid Care Economy
