The COVID-19 pandemic has been hard on everyone. But imagine if you were impoverished, a migrant, or living in close quarters with no way to socially isolate. What if you were a…
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Jacqueline Gullion and Carole Pateman discuss how a basic income that provides a decent (but modest) standard of living can increase democratic participation and contribute to the advancement of women.
On June 13, Educating Girls in Rural China (EGRC), a registered Canadian charity dedicated to sponsoring girls and young women in impoverished areas of rural china through their high school and university…
An open letter to the state agencies who fail to protect women from male violence and exploitation. We are women — mothers, daughters, and sisters — who struggle to make ends meet…
The idea of guaranteeing a basic income for everyone, whether or not they are employed, isn’t a new one. Both Canada and the US experimented with the idea in the ’60s and…
“Our state apparatus is so deplorable, not to say wretched, that we must first think very carefully how to combat its defects, bearing in mind that these defects are rooted in the…