Women and Power
The Case for Parity
- Publisher
- Linda Leith Publishing
- Initial publish date
- Sep 2016
- Category
- Canadian, Women in Politics
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9781988130163
- Publish Date
- Sep 2016
- List Price
- $7.95
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781988130156
- Publish Date
- Aug 2016
- List Price
- $14.95
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Description
It’s already passé to ask if parity is important for today’s Canada. What’s needed now is to ask how we can make sure more women run for office and that they’re well-represented in government. There are no easy answers to this, but it’s clear that half-measures just won’t do. Pascale Navarro argues that quotas are essential for women to achieve parity with men in politics. Over a hundred other nations worldwide have already established parity as a goal. What are we waiting for?
About the authors
Montreal journalist and columnist Pascale Navarro is a frequent contributor to major newspapers and magazines as well as to radio and television broadcasts. Winner of the Women of Merit prize for Communications in 2007, she is the author of several feminist essays on contemporary social and political issues. Women and Power is the first of her books to appear in English.
Awards
- Winner, Governor General's Award in Commemoration of the Persons Case, 2016