Corporate accountability is also a feminist issue

To address corporate misconduct, the federal government needs to truly commit to independence and power in an ombudsperson because the safety and well-being of Indigenous women are at stake.

Women attend a rally on corporate accountability during COP20 in Peru in 2014. The government’s new ombudsperson for responsible business enterprise will have ‘very little’ impact for women who have experienced mining injustices. Photograph courtesy of Kairos Canada

Opinion

BY GABRIELA JIMENEZ

May 8, 2019

There is an indisputable difference between claiming to be a feminist and being a feminist. One amounts to a proclamation, the other is a consistent way of life. With the recent appointment of an ombudsperson for responsible enterprise (CORE) on April 8, the Canadian government continues to epitomiz...

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