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Vancouver Rape Relief’s submission to BC Committee on Finance and Government Services

British Columbia must provide concrete options to leave prostitution, including a guaranteed livable income, safe affordable housing and addiction mental health services.

By Karla Gjini

June 28, 2019

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Vancouver Rape Relief’s Submission on Guaranteed Livable Income to the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls

We believe that the application of Guaranteed Livable Income will ensure that no one, let alone Indigenous women, suffers from economic hardship and poverty.

By Hilla Kerner

December 2018

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Feminists and the Left on Guaranteed Livable Income

As feminists we are demanding our fair share of the common wealth. The successes of the feminist revolution is rooted in collectively insisting on 100% of what we want, making the impossible, possible – for our desire for freedom makes Guaranteed Livable Income only a minute step towards our vision of liberation

By Maria Wong

May 2018

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Economic Security for Women in Canada: Submission to the Committee on the Status of Women, House of Commons

A Guaranteed Livable Income must be set high enough to meet adequate standards of living. It should provide all basic necessities such as a nutritious diet, safe adequate housing, transportation, and allow for discretionary spending to enhance full participation in community life.

By Maria Wong

August 15, 2017

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Prof Evelyn Forget: The Promise that Guaranteed Livable Income holds for Women’s Freedom

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Vancouver Rape Relief’s Oral Submission to the Federal Finance Committee

Understanding that the poverty of women is an equality issue obligates the federal government to secure and ensure economic independence for the women in Canada

By Hilla Kerner

September 27, 2010

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Abolishing Prostitution Through Economic, Physical and Political Security for Women (2009)

By Lee Lakeman

2009

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Inaction and Non-Compliance: British Columbia’s Approach to Women’s Inequality

The BC CEDAW Group is a coalition of women’s non-governmental and non-profit British Columbia organizations that are committed to advancing the equality interests of women and girls.

By BC CEDAW Group

September 2008

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Women’s Economic Justice Project: An Examination of How Women Would Benefit from a Guaranteed Livable Income

Guaranteed Livable Income (GLI) was featured in the first issue of MS. Magazine in 1972, where welfare activist Johnnie Tillmon stated: "Maybe we poor welfare women will really liberate women in this country… . We put together our own welfare plan, called Guaranteed Adequate Income, which would eliminate sexism from welfare."

By Cindy L’Hirondelle

April 2006

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The Pictou Statement: A Feminist Statement for a Guaranteed Livable Income

Women in Canada expect full and generous provision for all people's basic needs from the common wealth. Social and collective provision for sustaining life must be generous and secure in Canada and must be delivered through national mechanisms appropriately influenced and controlled by the women of our many specific communities.

By Lee Lakeman, Angela Miles, and Linda Christiansen-Ruffman

2004

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Women’s Poverty & Economic Security

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Vancouver Rape Relief’s submission to BC Committee on Finance and Government Services

British Columbia must provide concrete options to leave prostitution, including a guaranteed livable income, safe affordable housing and addiction mental health services.

Vancouver Rape Relief’s Submission on Guaranteed Livable Income to the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls

We believe that the application of Guaranteed Livable Income will ensure that no one, let alone Indigenous women, suffers from economic hardship and poverty.

Feminists and the Left on Guaranteed Livable Income

Economic Security for Women in Canada: Submission to the Committee on the Status of Women, House of Commons

A Guaranteed Livable Income must be set high enough to meet adequate standards of living. It should provide all basic necessities such as a nutritious diet, safe adequate housing, transportation, and allow for discretionary spending to enhance full participation in community life.

Prof Evelyn Forget: The Promise that Guaranteed Livable Income holds for Women’s Freedom

Vancouver Rape Relief’s Oral Submission to the Federal Finance Committee

Understanding that the poverty of women is an equality issue obligates the federal government to secure and ensure economic independence for the women in Canada

Abolishing Prostitution Through Economic, Physical and Political Security for Women (2009)

Inaction and Non-Compliance: British Columbia’s Approach to Women’s Inequality

The BC CEDAW Group is a coalition of women’s non-governmental and non-profit British Columbia organizations that are committed to advancing the equality interests of women and girls.

Women’s Economic Justice Project: An Examination of How Women Would Benefit from a Guaranteed Livable Income

The Pictou Statement: A Feminist Statement for a Guaranteed Livable Income

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