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International Women's Day
As a proud woman-owned and led business, we welcome the opportunity to celebrate women and the vital role they play in our society.
Let's Take A Deep Dive
This Friday, March 8th, is International Women’s Day. A global day to recognize and celebrate women’s achievements, raise awareness against bias, and take action for equality. Internationally, this year’s theme is Inspire Inclusion, while the Canadian national theme is Invest in Women: Accelerate Progress.
Gender Equality
UN Women defines Gender Equality as “equal rights, responsibilities and opportunities for all genders”.
Instead of saying “everyone should be the same”, gender equality strives for a world in which a person’s rights, responsibilities, and opportunities don’t depend on their gender.
It implies that the interests and needs of everybody, in all their diversities, are important.
It’s not a “women’s issue.” It’s everyone’s issue, and it makes life better for all of us.
Intersectional Feminism
Advancing gender equality in Canada isn’t just about closing gaps between men and women. People experience different barriers depending on many elements of their identities—things like their sexuality, race, gender identity, ability, and age.
Pursuing true equality means recognizing and meeting all peoples’ diverse needs.
Did you know:
In 1989, American legal scholar and civil rights activist, Kimberlé Crenshaw coined the term intersectionality to explain how race intersects with gender to produce barriers for Black women.
-The Canadian Women’s Foundation
Fast Facts
The Gender Wage Gap
Women working full-time and part-time make 89 cents for every dollar men make
Racialized women make on average 59.3% of white men’s earnings.
16% of women and gender diverse people with a physical disability report being fairly paid compared to their peers
If present trends continue it will take 267.6 years to close the economic gender gap worldwide.
-The Canadian Women’s Foundation
Women + Poverty
1.9 million women in Canada live on low incomes and those who face multiple barriers are at higher risk of poverty.
23% of women with disabilities live on low incomes.
17.7% of children in Canada live below the Census Family Low Income Tax Measure After Tax
Canada could add $150 billion to its GDP by 2026 by advancing gender equality and boosting women’s workforce participation.
– Devillard et al., McKinsey & Company, 2017
Indigenous Women In Canada
Due to the legacy of colonization, residential schools, and marginalizing policies, women in Indigenous communities face complex barriers.
Indigenous women experience higher rates of poverty, unstable housing, gender-based violence, and other forms of systemic discrimination
According to the RCMP, there were 1,181 cases of missing or murdered Indigenous women in Canada between 1980 and 2012. However, the Minister for the Status of Women and the Native Women’s Association of Canada estimate that the number is closer to 4,000.
– The Canadian Women’s Foundation
Women In Leadership
Women are 30% less likely than men to be promoted out of an entry-level position, and 60% less likely to move from middle management into the executive ranks.
– CBC News
Companies with higher levels of gender, ethnic, and cultural diversity are more likely to outperform their less diverse peers.
– McKinsey & Company, Diversity Wins: How Inclusion Matters, 2020
Assertive women face more sexual harassment, especially in male-dominated workplaces.
– Berdahl, The Sexual Harassment of Uppity Women, 2007
Women In Pandemics
“Across every sphere, from health to the economy, security to social protection, the impacts of COVID-19 are exacerbated for women and girls simply by virtue of their sex.”
– The United Nations
Of the 557 facilities across Canada housing survivors of domestic violence, 49 percent indicated they received an increase in crisis calls, and 53 percent indicated they saw an increased demand for support during the pandemic.
– Statistics Canada
In a matter of months, the crisis reduced women’s workforce participation to its lowest level in three decades.
– RBC Economics
How You Can Support
There are so many ways that you can support women, and here are a few of our favourites:
- Write a letter to a woman that means a lot to you
- Shoutout your favourite woman or woman-owned business on social media
- Start conversations with feminist books, films, and podcasts
- Shop at woman-owned businesses
- Leave your favourite women-owned business a review
- Advocate for gender equality
This International Women's Day...
We are optimistic about the future, and we hope you are too. Change is possible, and we are committed to doing the work, continuing to use our platforms and privilege to speak out, amplify marginalized voices, educate ourselves, and stand up for the rights of all.
Thank you for taking these steps alongside us, and for supporting a women-owned business. It is because of you, our wonderful community, that we are able to continue this work.
Thanks For Reading!
Far and Wide is a boutique gift shop located in downtown Kamloops in beautiful British Columbia. We proudly stock LGBTQ2S+, BIPOC, local goods, and women-owned brands, for a truly unique product mix.
We strive to capture the benefits of shopping big but with a small boutique experience. Our carefully curated shop carries beautiful home decor, bath and beauty products, accessories, candles, apparel, jewellery, houseplants, and more. Find your friend the perfect birthday gift or pick up a little something for yourself!
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