Status Quo? : The Unfinished Business of Feminism in Canada /

In 1967 the landmark Royal Commission on the Status of Women made recommendations to address the inequalities faced by women. Now, Status Quo? zeroes in on key concerns first raised 45 years ago: violence against women, access to abortion, and universal childcare. How much progress have we made on t...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Films Media Group, Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm), National Film Board of Canada
Format: Unknown
Language:English
Published: New York, N.Y. : Films Media Group, [2014], c2012
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Table of Contents:
  • What Do Women Want? (1:57)
  • Pan-Canadian Young Feminist Gathering (2:29)
  • Violence Against Women (3:00)
  • Crisis Center (2:36)
  • Support Groups (2:24)
  • Victimization (4:09)
  • Political Avoidance of Women's Issues (1:38)
  • Fear Restricts Women's Choices (3:19)
  • Normalcy of Violence Against Women (1:56)
  • Violence Against Indigenous Women (3:29)
  • UN Inquiry and Boarding School Apology (3:18)
  • Women's Demands (2:21)
  • Access to Abortion (5:10)
  • Provincial Obstacles to Abortion and Birth Control (4:16)
  • The Abortion Caravan (2:04)
  • Dr. Henry Morgentaler (2:04)
  • Canadian Abortion Law Struck Down (4:28)
  • Pressure to Reverse the Morgentaler Decision (1:31)
  • A Feminist Calls For Reproductive Justice (5:01)
  • Socio-Economic Status of Women (2:00)
  • The Need for National Childcare (4:48)
  • Wartime National Childcare Program (2:20)
  • Successive Governments Resist a National Daycare Act (2:01)
  • Universal Caregiver Benefit (2:27)
  • Minimal Benefit for Working Mothers (1:37)
  • Live-In Caregiver Program (4:52)
  • Undervalued Women's Work (2:34)
  • Different Aspects of Feminism (4:16)
  • Credits: Status Quo? The Unfinished Business of Feminism in Canada (3:04)