Women’s rights not often given much thought by global leaders, let alone at G7

As Canada prepares to host the G7 this year, a group of women from Canada and around the world are gathered in Ottawa for a two-day summit to create Feminist Visions for the G7.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Sophie Gregoire Trudeau and their son Hadrien, pictured April 22 at the Liberals national policy convention in Halifax. While the Trudeau government has taken a number of important first steps towards eliminating gender inequality, more should be done to narrow the gender gap in Canada, write Avvy Go, Debbie Douglas, and Shalini Konanur.The Hill Times photograph by Cynthia Münster

Opinion

BY AVVY GO, DEBBIE DOUGLAS, SHALINI KONANUR

April 26, 2018

Women’s rights are often not given much thought by global leaders, let alone at the G7. A gathering of this kind will hopefully push our feminist prime minister to work even harder to improve the lives of the diverse women living in Canada, including Indigenous women, women of colour, and women fr...

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