Women’s Poverty in Canada
Poverty is still very much a women's issue. While there have been improvements in the past decade or so, women are still more likely than men to be living in low income. But statistics on low income do not tell the full story of women's poverty. More...
Women are also affected by poverty in different ways, depending upon their age, race, ethnicity, linguistic background, ability, sexual orientation, citizenship etc. Statistics provide some important indications of women’s poverty in Canada, but experiences of poverty are much more complex than the picture created by numbers alone. More...
The Truth as We Know It
Important information about violence against women compiled by Vancouver Rape Relief and Women's Shelter Collective. More...
United Nations Ending violence against women: From Words to Action 2006
This U.N. Report 2006, finds 1in 3 Women suffer severe mate violence. United Nations Chief Kofi Anan states there is compelling evidence that violence against women is severe and pervasive throughout the world:
Summary and Fact sheet.
World Health Organization Multi-country Study on Women’s Health and Domestic Violence against Women 2005
This report confirms what feminists already know that violence against women is widespread. This report focus on violence against women as a health issue and has 15 recommendations to strengthen national commitment and action on violence against women. More...
Fact Sheet on Violence Against Women and Girls by Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women 2002. More...
The FREDA Centre for Research on Violence against Women and Children Statistics. More...
Backlash and Whiplash: A critique of Statistics Canada's 1999 General Social Survey on Victimization. More...
The majority of minimum wage earners are women.
Statistics reveal women are the poorest and make up the majority of minimum wage earners. More...
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