Gender Based Analysis

During 1995, the Canadian government was hard at work dismantling women’s advocacy and research groups. It is at the same time the Federal Government implemented Gender Based Analysis as part of an international agreement. The policy was created to ensure there was no separation between economic and social policies. This policy is instrumental in assessing how policies will affect men and women differently and there fore make recommendations on the implementation of the policy based on its findings (Crow, 121- 122).

Crow, B., Gotell, L.  Open Boundaries: A Canadian Women’s Studies Reader, Third Edition.  Pearson Prentice Hall, Toronto, 2009.  

Child Care

It has been an on going battle in Canada for Universal Child Care, and its advocates have been constantly under attack. Child care is particularly important women’s issues as it is women who are the majority of child care givers. In 2006 Stephen Harper was one of the first parties to create a stated opposition to regulate healthcare. Code Blue for Child Care campaign was created to ensure the protection of the progress that had been made in concerns to universal child care (Crow, 129-130).

Crow, B., Gotell, L.  Open Boundaries: A Canadian Women’s Studies Reader, Third Edition.  Pearson Prentice Hall, Toronto, 2009.  

Zine Activism

Third wave feminism has rejected main stream media as a forum for projecting their manifesto. They have sought alternative methods for spreading their views in an attempt to ensure corporate and institutional interests were not able to censor their message.
A noted method third wave feminists use to express their directive is through the production of zines. A zine is a small underground publication, similar to a magazine, minus corporate backing and advertisements. Zines are part of the cyber sub-culture that takes advantage of online spaces, allowing for diverse collaborations and debate (Crow, 77).

Crow, B., Gotell, L.  Open Boundaries: A Canadian Women’s Studies Reader, Third Edition.  Pearson Prentice Hall, Toronto, 2009.