Women’s economic resilience under fire: three under-the-radar ways the pandemic risks reversing Canada’s gender equality progress
Why It Matters
If unaddressed, the pandemic’s compounding effects on women and nonbinary people’s safety, health, and economic independence will force them to play catch-up with Canada’s recovery plans.
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As COVID numbers rapidly climbed at the end of 2021 and beginning of this year, Ottawa’s emergency transitional home Harmony House had no choice but to limit their domestic violence counselling to Zoom and watch the waiting room fill up.
Ray Eskritt, director of Harmony House says the organization’s waitlist has skyrocketed as people in the city — and across the country — have sought their help.
“I’m glad that women are able to reach out. I’m glad they’re able to get away — that’s the most important thing,” Eskritt says. “I want to help everybody, [but the waitlist] just kee
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