The National Union has a proud history of working for and promoting women’s rights and equality. Aiding the National Union in its work on issues affecting women within Canada and around the world, is its Advisory Committee on Women’s Issues (ACWI). Established in 1976 as the National Union’s Human Rights (Women’s Rights) Committee, the ACWI has addressed many issues including pay equity, women’s leadership, child care, women health, life/work balance and violence against women.
Our Components’ ACWI sites
- BCGEU Women’s Committee
- HSABC Women’s Committee
- SGEU Women’s Committee
- MGEU Women’s Committee
- OPSEU/SEFPO Provincial Women’s Committee
- NBU Women’s Committee
- NSGEU Women’s Issues Committee
- PEI UPSE Women’s Committee
- NAPE Women’s Issues Committee
Resources
- NUPGE’s publication The Cost of Being a Woman: The Pink Tax Phenomenon
- NUPGE’s publication Period Poverty in Canada
- Canadian Labour Congress Domestic violence at work resource centre
- HSABC’s Discrimination in the Workplace: Findings from HSA’s Survey on Inclusion and Belonging
- International Labour Organization Convention 190
- National Action Plan to End Gender-Based Violence
- Rohingya Women Welfare Society (Facebook)
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