Sentences with phrase «still equals participation»

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Social and community development is heavily dependent on women's participation, but they don't have equal access to literacy education or ALE, and still account for 63 % of all adults with low literacy skills.

Given that women's participation in the profession (thirty - seven percent) is still decades away from equaling that of men and that women have stalled at around twenty percent of... [more]

Given that women's participation in the profession (thirty - seven percent) is still decades away from equaling that of men and that women have stalled at around twenty percent of partners (17 % for equity and 23 % for income partners) for many years now, it is clear that women still have a very long way to go to mirror the gender equality that law schools have enjoyed for over twenty years.

The Report Card is released on Persons Day, the historic day in 1929 when the first women in Canada were finally included in the legal definition of «persons,» and serves as an important reminder of how far we still need to go to ensure all women's full and equal participation in the social and economic life of our province.