Category women
COVID-19 & Public Health: Fairness in Economic Structures
Michael Crawford outlines how the COVID-19 epidemic reveals why fair, universal, and prorated access to paid sick leave and other benefits are necessary to address health and productivity challenges experienced by the precariously employed.
Georgia, We Have a Problem: Surrogacy and Exploitation
Winifred Badaiki describes exploitation in the surrogacy industry in the Republic of Georgia and urges decision-makers to change the status quo.
Accommodating Menstrual Periods in the Workplace
Surabhi Kulshrestha explores the treatment of menstruation in the context of the Canadian workplace.
Comprehensive reproductive health services include abortion
Martha Paynter contrasts Newfoundland and Labrador and New Brunswick to describe how abortion should be part of the continuum of a rationally organized health care service delivery system for reproductive health in Atlantic Canada.
Ideology has no place in Canada’s prostitution laws
Stuart Chambers agrees with an Ontario judge that expert witness testimony lacked credibility in a recent case in which Canada’s law on sex work was found unconstitutional.
