distributions, will prevent groups from having a voice, these groups want to influence public policy to achieve a better social justice for Canada these are the type of individuals that fight against the rising social inequalities that restructuring is developing. Feminist have argued that the power has not only shifted back towards capital, but also has resulted in a particular loss for women, who had made great advances in equality through the welfare state. The replacement of the welfare state with a neoliberal alternative removes or manages social programs/assistance and sets concepts as to who would be the deserving or undeserving of such services. Canada’s social welfare system is being redesigned and becoming more restrictive. The …show more content…
Federal government discharging has added a large strain to Canada’s health care system especially towards the women who have worked in the system or who have used it. Women are being directed home on the same day they give birth without any clear guidelines for the care of herself or of her newborn (Brodie, 1995). Women’s movements are attempting to put pressure on the government for a de-medicalized and women friendly health care system, however these actions are only being used against them. Instead of the state looking at the costs for health care or social factors the state instead is pushing these Women’s movements to help support the reform of injecting more responsibility on the home and individual women, especially regarding women’s unpaid labour (Brodie, 1995). If the care work increasingly becomes moved into the private scope it will become less socially valued in respect to political concerns and benefits and women will only continue to suffer extremely. The welfare state privatizing health care and forcing child and elderly care back onto the household and the disproportionately unpaid work of women will result in many women having to leave full times jobs for either part time work or permanent unpaid leave in order to meet all the caring needs of the
In Canada, women make up slightly more than half of the population. However, throughout Canadian history and modern day, women are needing to stand up for themselves and other women to bring about change. Canadian women are strong and have the power to work together and bring about change. Jennie Trout stood up for Canadian women that wanted to be in the medical field, women during WWI made a difference in their lives by entering the workplace and standing for their right to work, Nellie McClung was a leader for women’s suffrage, and The Famous Five campaigned and won The “Persons” Case allowing women to be considered persons under the Canadian Constitution. These women were instigators of change. Change for women only occurs when ambitious and courageous women stand up for a difference that they deserve.
In Samuelson and Antony’s book Power and Resistance, renowned sociologist Professor Pat Armstrong tackles the topic of health care reform from a critical feminist perspective. Her analytic critique of the historic tenets of Health Care policy in Canada, effectively points out a systemic disadvantage for the women of our society. Which, in the spirit of transparency, completely blind sighted me as a first time reader because, well, this is Canada. Canada, the internationally renowned first world nation with a reputation for progressive social reform. The same Canada that Americans make fun of for being ‘too soft’. As far as the world is concerned we’re the shining nation-state example of how to do health care right. Needless to say, Professor
Sangster, J. (2010). Radical ruptures: Feminism, labor, and the left in the long sixties in Canada.
Gender equality had always been a vast topic for the ancients to solve and for modern society to improve on. From the society's early beginning of Masculinity to the gender equality contemporary world that we are maintaining, year 2016 has been exactly a century since women in Canada had first received their right to vote in the 20th century. In today’s world, it is not uncommon or abnormal for abounding amounts of females voting or running for political parties. This hundred-year recognition was earned through many female’s and male’s withstand to rights for women to vote. Many trials and obstacles were present for women when they were fighting for their right
It is apparent that women as a group continue to experience poverty and hardship more significantly than men. One of this week’s readings illustrates how women continue to juggle paid and unpaid work, insecure employment, have multiple jobs, and seasonal work with few work supported health benefits. It is evident that even in the twentieth century women face multiple barriers to employment. These barriers include: lack of good quality childcare, lack of affordable public transportation, inflexibility of employment and much more. The article by Reid and LeDrew states how, “more than 1,772,000 women in Canada live in poverty” (Reid and LeDrew, 2016, p. 54). The primary causes of women’s poverty are described as being labor market inequities, domestic circumstances, and welfare systems. However, overwhelming findings from the article states how women’s domestic responsibility limits
Consequently, there were social changes, through urbanization and industrialization, that transformed the social order and the status of women. The first Montreal movement for women suffrage was inspired by the socio-economic developments that was influencing urban reform.22 Their purpose was to change their household role into professions within the urban transformation of society.23 As a result of their social implication, they desired women rights in “public health, the organization of municipal services, work regulation for women and children, access to education, and professional opportunities.”24 Despite their strong will, the first few Quebec women movements had failed and disbanded. Still, they were able to organize the women and give them the potential of their capabilities in politics.
From 1960 to 1990 the women’s movement in Canada played a significant role in history concerning the revolution of women’s rights. Although it was a long road coming for them, they were able to achieve the rights they deserved. Women struggled for equality rights to men but primarily their rights as a person. Since the 1960s women’s rights had significantly changed, they had to work hard for the rights that they have in the present day. Females across the nation started speaking out against gender inequality, divorce, and abortion. This uprising coincided with the Women’s Movement. Through the Royal Commission on the status of women they were able to gain equality rights and they were able to have access to legal abortions through the Charter Rights of Freedom and obtain no-fault divorce through the Divorce Act of 1986.
Feminism, the theory of the social, political and economic equality of the sexes, is a topic today either accepted by many or rejected in a newer version (Mainstream post-feminism). Whether a feminist or not, looking at the number of women involved in Canadian politics it is obvious that equality has not reached this work field, where Canada ranks 63rd in terms of female politicians in the world. Many barriers are stopping women from participating in politics, even in 2016. From having self-doubt in the skills needed in politics, to a culture portraying the “traditional” role of woman as the housewife, Canadian women need to be shown that in today’s society these barriers can be overcome and they can make a difference in their communities as
Sometimes, in order to have justice in this world, violent actions need to be taken to be able to get a point across and fight for what is fundamentally right. In today’s society, feminism is viewed as a non-violent way of having the social, political, and economic equality of the sexes. However, it was not always like that. In order to have the level of equality modern societies have today, daring and sometimes violent things took place. A case in point being the Suffragette movement in the early 20th century. Over the years, the Suffragettes faced many challenges and winning feats such as being granted their right to vote federally, but their actions and the actions taken by one of their most successful groundbreakers, Thérèse Casgrain, are the reason why women can now be treated equally in Canadian society.
Accordingly, inequalities or social problems are interpreted as signs that some structures are not fulfilling their function adequately. Similarly, from political sciences perspective, the theory of structural functionalism serves to explain how specific structures and processes in the political system are used to perform specific functions. Combined to the sociological approach, structural functionalism will make it possible to analyze the structures at the source of disparities in maternal health care in Canada and the structures responsible and capable of offering and implementing solutions to that social problem. It thus is believed that the government, as a major social institution, is the main responsible for inequalities in maternal health care access, and thus the only structure apt to correct those inequalities through policy-implementation. For this paper, socioeconomic factors of inequality such as age, income, education and ethnicity will first be presented, followed by geographical disparities arising from rural or remote residence. Thereafter, possible solutions that could be implemented by governments at the federal, provincial and municipal levels to improve egalitarian access to maternal health care in Canada will
What does the word ‘feminist’ mean to you? For some, it is the striking image of the Famous Five, a group of suffragettes who garnered the right to vote for Canadian women. Nellie McClung, along with four other passionate women, helped bring recognition to women’s rights. To begin with, she scarcely received 6 years of education, but she managed to shape Canada’s future when she moved to Winnipeg in her late 30’s. It began with her and four other women who pursued the case for women to be recognized as ‘persons’ under Canadian law. Today, her legacy is recognized, and the parks and schools in her name are proof of that. Nellie McClung was brave and strategic and she shaped the lives of Canadians and Albertans.