Analysis Of Canadian Women And The Struggle For Equality By Lorna Marsden

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The struggle for equality for women is a long road. For some countries the road has been successful, others have not been, and some have just started. In Canada women have been through an extensive battle for equality. In Lorna R. Marsden’s “Canadian women and the struggle for equality” Marsden outlines the on going struggle for equality for Canadian women. Starting as early as the founding of the country and leading into today’s society, many of the actions women took in order to push for equality are similar to the tactics used by today’s interest groups. The actions they took have become staples such as the use of interest groups to provide one central voice for advocating. In the road to equality it is beneficial for the use of a social …show more content…

The women’s rights movement through the use of interest groups was able to sway public policy. The labour movement looked to imploy the same methods in order to sway public policy for better treatment of the working class. The labour movement employed the use of “workplace activism and collective, bargaining broadly based political advocacy, and party politics via support for the New Democratic Party” . Many of the same tactics originated in the women’s rights movement as communities came together to fight an injustice, and demonstrate their discontent to different branches of government. Interest groups became the weapon of choice for discontent communities by connecting together in order to have a larger voice in order to gain regional or national attention. Marsden highlights the importance of organizations as it leads to “common understandings of issues, the formation of powerful alliances, and a powerful voice for women who could not vote yet, hold public office or occupy, the public sphere” . Interest groups allowed for disadvantaged groups to hold some form of power, and voice. In the women’s rights movement in Canada these groups were able to educate women about the limitations of laws in Canada that led changes in provincial and federal laws. In the labour movement the same interest groups lead to the creation of unions that protected the rights of the working force. Interest groups are the footing of promotion of rights and these organizations would be the ones who spoke on the behalf of those who had no

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