Women

• New federal funding to support Canadian women in business

  Minister of Women and Gender Equality Rechie Valdez announced the investment of $173.7 million to help businesswomen access financial resources, training and mentorship.

  Economy

  Jun 22
  
• Saskatchewan women MLAs get designated washroom after 114 years

  A construction project is now underway at the Saskatchewan legislative building that some say is a century overdue. Women MLA's will now have their own designated washroom.

  Canada

  Jun 4
  
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• Alberta camp aims to empower province’s next generation of tradeswomen

  A group of fearless and determined aspiring tradeswomen got the chance to preview what a career in the skilled trades would look like.

  Canada

  Apr 22, 2025
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• ‘The response has been really good’: Female-only spaces gain popularity in Sask.

  Saturday marks International Women’s Day and women across the province are working to create female-only spaces to meet new people and have places they feel safe.

  Lifestyle

  Mar 8, 2025
• Manitoba women need to work 3 months extra to make what men do in 1 year: CCPA

  Numbers from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives show that, on average, women make $0.71 for every dollar a man makes, and racialized women make less.

  Canada

  Apr 4, 2024
• Ireland’s Constitution says a woman’s place is in the home. Voters could change that

  Irish voters will decide Friday — International Women’s Day — whether to change the 87-year-old document to remove passages the government says are outdated and sexist.

  World

  Mar 8, 2024
• Calgary history making Olympic canoeist fighting for equality in sports

  Olympian Haley Daniels was speaking at the 2024 Female in Sport Summit on Saturday in Calgary. 

  Sports

  Jan 7, 2024
• Self-employed women in Canada on the rise, but other divides remain: StatCan

  Women represented 37 per cent of all Canadians who worked independently to operate a business, professional activities or were unpaid family workers.

  Canada

  Dec 4, 2023
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• ‘You call this equality?’: A closer look at Iceland’s gender pay gap strike

  It will be the first women's strike since 1975 when 90 per cent of Icelandic women protested the gender pay gap and workplace inequality.

  World

  Oct 23, 2023
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• Unmanaged menopause symptoms cost Canadian economy $3.5 billion annually: report

  Without proper support in place, the Menopause Foundation of Canada says around one in 10 women end up quitting their jobs because of their symptoms.

  Health

  Oct 16, 2023