Work, unwaged work, labour force statistics, GDP

2012: World Economic Forum “The Gender Gap Report”

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon December 1, 2012May 13, 2020in International organizations (OECD, World Bank, UNICEF, etc.. ), Misc., Mothers, women's equality, gender equity, feminisms, misogyny, Work, unwaged work, labour force statistics, GDP

Find below the "Gender Gap Report" Presented at the 2012 World Economic Forum WEF_GenderGap_Report_2012Download

June 2012: British Ex-PM’s wife attacks mothers working outside GDP and response

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon June 21, 2012June 16, 2020in Mothers, women's equality, gender equity, feminisms, misogyny, Work, unwaged work, labour force statistics, GDP

June 20, 2012. The Telegraph - (web): British Ex-PM’s wife attacks mothers working outside GDP Response:Jun 21, 2012. Mercatornet - (web): "Cherie Blair to full-time mums: “Get to work”"

Every Mother Works! Video Exposé by Kids First Australia

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon September 8, 2011May 25, 2020in Discrimination against parents, children, and parental child care, Misc., Work, unwaged work, labour force statistics, GDP

September 8, 2011. Kids First Parent Association of Australia - video: Gillard punishes mothers http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TprGwsaj5mA e

Lawyers recognize the dollar value of unpaid work

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon September 1, 2011May 16, 2020in Misc., Work, unwaged work, labour force statistics, GDP

Lawyers recognize the dollar value of unpaid work - house work and child care - and have calculated it carefully based on Statistics Canada data: BC - $15.46/hr., Alberta - $15.35/hr, Ontario - $16.22/hr, NWT - $27.46/hrJuly/Aug 2011 - Brown's…

Kathleen Lahey’s article: Bribing women to stay at home

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon March 25, 2011June 12, 2020in Costs & costs-benefit analysis, Daycare lobby left & right, neo-liberalism, defamilialization, Misc., Mothers, women's equality, gender equity, feminisms, misogyny, Work, unwaged work, labour force statistics, GDP

Kathleen Lahey’s article, Bribing women to stay at home (broken link), in the National Post and a reply by Andrea Mrozek, The new feminist demand: high taxes (broken link)

Kathleen Lahey’s article, Bribing women to stay at home

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon March 25, 2011June 12, 2020in Costs & costs-benefit analysis, Daycare lobby left & right, neo-liberalism, defamilialization, Mothers, women's equality, gender equity, feminisms, misogyny, Work, unwaged work, labour force statistics, GDP

Kathleen Lahey’s article, Bribing women to stay at home, in the National Post and a reply by Andrea Mrozek, The new feminist demand: high taxes

March 8, 2011 – 100th Anniversary of International Women’s Day Commentary: (broken link)

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon March 8, 2011June 16, 2020in Child poverty, income, family finances & taxation, Daycare lobby left & right, neo-liberalism, defamilialization, Mothers, women's equality, gender equity, feminisms, misogyny, UBC's Human Early Learnning Partnership (HELP), EDI $ MDI, Work, unwaged work, labour force statistics, GDP

March 8, 2011 – 100th Anniversary of International Women’s Day Commentary: Happy International Women’s Day by Kids FirstBeverly Smith (in Liberal MP Carolyn Bennet’s Blog) (broken link)National Post: Feminism’s Second Wave Hangover (broken link) by Tasha KheiriddinOttawa Citizen: Why the…

Paul Kershaw on how the state should reshape us and our families

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon June 25, 2010May 18, 2020in Misc., Mothers, women's equality, gender equity, feminisms, misogyny, Work, unwaged work, labour force statistics, GDP

Top tax-funded daycare lobbyist, Gen-squeeze head & UBC HELP staff PAUL KERSHAW on how the state should reshape us and our families. 2010 PDF Human Early Learning Partnership publication: The just commodification of women, equal care obligations for men, and…

Living wage for municipal workers misses the target

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon May 28, 2010June 16, 2020in Child poverty, income, family finances & taxation, Misc., Work, unwaged work, labour force statistics, GDP

By Helen Ward, Vancouver Sun May 28, 2010 4:07 AM Vancouver city council, following New Westminster's lead, will vote on a "living wage" of over $18 an hour for municipal workers. Economists promoting this garner support by claiming living wages…

“Our Phony Economy.” A Harper’s Magazine article

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon December 15, 2009May 26, 2021in Corporate exploitation, consumerism, Mothers, women's equality, gender equity, feminisms, misogyny, Work, unwaged work, labour force statistics, GDP

June 2008. Jonathan Rowe. Harper’s Magazine - (magazine article): “Our Phony Economy"Simon Kuznets invented the GDP but opposed using it as if it measured all production: “The volume of services rendered by housewives and other members of the household toward…