Women And The Canadian Welfare State: The Decline Of Social Welfare And Its Effects On Women

Part I of Essay
 Welfare programs must contribute to the attack on family breakdown and illegitimacy. Unless such problems are dealt with effectively, they fester, and grow, sapping the strength of society as a whole and extending their consequences in troubled families from one generatio ....

Part II of Essay
.... restructuring, and the deficit. The transformation and "reform" of the welfare state has huge implications on the lives of many women, and not only those who are dependent on welfare for their livelihood. Welfare, especially women's welfare, encompasses a very broad category; at present all safeguards given by women by various government agencies according to their sphere of responsibility and the concept of equality of the sexes can be considered women's welfare measures. The Canadian welfare state, until recently, appeared to have some meas ....