¤ Field Notes for Feminist Changemakers
June 3 was the first anniversary of the national inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG). On Canada Day, we share Charlotte Snake’s photography as a way of keeping the conversation alive.
Ever heard of a program that measures an entrepreneur’s success by how much they achieve, not by much money they make?
Organizations like Real Women in Canada don’t believe the gender wage gap exists-just for starters. In her review of Lauren McKeon’s “F-Bomb: Dispatches from the War on Feminism,” CV Harquail writes “The anti-feminist movement remains strong and feminists must find ways to be stronger.”
International Women’s Day is over…but LiisBeth playlist curator, Aerin Fogel, founder of Venusfest, asks “Should it be? And why is it just one day?” This playlist reminds us that struggles to transform how we relate to each other takes decades.
I’m comfortable embracing the label “feminism” precisely because the movement it describes is uncertain and messy, and its priorities, ideas and approaches keep shifting. But this is the core: feminism advances women’s equality through systemic change.
In an economic. political, and social climate which increasingly has gender equality on the agenda, can Feminism serve as valuable decision-making framework for today’s business leader and innovator? Find out!
