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Countries by Gender Inequality Index (Data from 2019, published in 2020). Red denotes more gender inequality, and green more equality. [1]The Gender Inequality Index (GII) is an index for the measurement of gender disparity that was introduced in the 2010 Human Development Report 20th anniversary edition by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
Women and Gender Equality Canada. Women and Gender Equality Canada ( WAGE; French: Femmes et Égalité des genres Canada (FEGC) ), known as Status of Women Canada from 1976 to 2018, is a department of the Government of Canada. Previously an agency under the Department of Canadian Heritage, it gained department status after a vote in December ...
Egale Canada is a Canadian charity founded in 1986 by Les McAfee to advance equality for Canadian lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people and their families, across Canada. [ 2 ] The organization's current executive director is former Toronto politician Helen Kennedy .
Coty is one of the world's largest beauty companies and the largest fragrance company, [4] [5] with $5.3 billion in revenue for the fiscal year 2022. [6] Coty acquired 41 beauty brands from Procter & Gamble in 2016, [7] becoming the global leader in fragrance, the second largest company for hair color and styling products, [8] and the third largest company for color cosmetics. [9]
The History of women in Canada is the study of the historical experiences of women living in Canada and the laws and legislation affecting Canadian women. In colonial period of Canadian history, Indigenous women's roles were often challenged by Christian missionaries, and their marriages to European fur traders often brought their communities into greater contact with the outside world.
In 2016, the position was made a member of the Queen’s Privy Council for Canada. In 2018, following the passage of the Budget Implementation Act, 2018, No. 2, Status of Women Canada became a federal department called the Women and Gender Equality Canada (WAGE).
The legislation to outlaw discrimination in Massachusetts on the basis of "gender identity or expression" was introduced on Jan 10, 2007, by lead sponsors Representative Carl Sciortino and Representative Byron Rushing as House Bill No. 1722, "An Act Relative to Gender-Based Discrimination and Hate Crimes". [2] The bill was passed in 2011.
The history of feminism in Canada has been a gradual struggle aimed at establishing equal rights. The history of Canadian feminism, like modern Western feminism in other countries, has been divided by scholars into four "waves", each describing a period of intense activism and social change. The use of "waves" has been critiqued for its failure ...