Status of Women committee  We also field a lot of calls from women inquiring about their rights and, in some cases, about possible discrimination in the workplace because they are immigrant women. We regularly receive calls about that. We explain what their options are in such cases. We advise them on how

Status of Women committee  It is important to get everyone involved in this type of process, since we are really talking about a change in the way of thinking. We cannot stop at raising awareness among women and girls when they are integrated. We have to raise awareness among all players, be they individua

Status of Women committee  Yes, when we say that women going into non-traditional occupations has considerably improved working conditions and workplace safety, it is because some tasks have been mechanized. For example, in the past, letter carriers had to carry the mail on their backs. But since there hav

Status of Women committee  That was just an example to show how it can work. So jobs that are more manual do not necessarily prevent women from entering those fields. Even in dropout cases, young women could go into those sectors, but they don't because they run up against a series of obstacles standing in

Status of Women committee  That is a major question. Yes, there is a reason we talk about the feminization of poverty. I feel that even the poorest segments of the population are getting poorer, but women are even more affected, single mothers and immigrant women in particular. There are a lot of obstacle

Status of Women committee  Our mission is to work with socio-economically disadvantaged women. About 80% of women who come to us are immigrant women. A great deal of our work focuses on immigrant women, even in terms of changing careers; unfortunately, they often have to go into other sectors. So that is s

Status of Women committee  Thank you. Status of Women Canada did give us funding of $200,000 for a two-year project. The project has several different components. We have to work with women to raise their awareness of non-traditional sectors, and we also have to work with employers. Actually, raising awar

Status of Women committee  There is certainly a lack of information on the wide range of existing opportunities. Salaries are what gets their attention. As I said earlier, we can see a clear difference between traditionally female and traditionally male sectors. In addition, we demystify stereotypes. For e

Status of Women committee  Does that answer your question?

Status of Women committee  Yes. Two weeks ago, we submitted a report that goes into a little more detail. If you wish, we can forward it to you.

Status of Women committee  Good afternoon, everyone. I am Coline Camier, Assistant Coordinator. With me is Marilyn Ouellet, who is responsible for equal access services. Thank you for inviting us to speak to you today. Let me start right away. Action travail des femmes, or ATF, is an independent, not-for