Canada is the best G20 country in which to be a woman, according to a recent poll conducted by TrustLaw, a legal news service run by the Thomson Reuters Foundation. Canada is followed by Germany, Britain, Australia, and France. TrustLaw asked academics, health workers, and other professionals to evaluate the overall experience of women in G20 countries.
With high rankings in healthcare, education, and legislature, Canada has the most positive environment for women. Our country, however, is still far from flawless gender equality and has ample room for advancement. Notably, we need increased women’s representation in the political sphere and the workforce.
With the poll noting that one third of all of Canada’s federally appointed judges are women, Canada has considerable female representation in the judicial system. However, the national average of female elected politicians in provincial and federal legislatures is only 20.1%. In some parts of the country, political gender parity is as low as 10.5%. In order for the interests of Canadian women to be more fully represented, greater gender parity within government is essential and an objective that should be pursued more vigorously.
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