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Why Women Would Gain from a Guaranteed Livable Income

A guaranteed livable income should be looked at as a health initiative. Just as clean water and sanitation are recognized as essential in disease prevention, so should a guaranteed income be looked at as necessary to our physical and social health and the health of the planet,

By Cindy L'Hirondelle

2004

Women's Poverty & Economic Security

Housework Under Capitalism: The Unpaid Labor of Mothers

By Cindy L'Hirondelle

2004

Women's Poverty & Economic Security

Who’s Counting? Marilyn Waring on Sex, Lies and Global Economics

"In this feature-length documentary, Marilyn Waring demystifies the language of economics by defining it as a value system in which all goods and activities are related only to their monetary value. As a result, unpaid work (usually performed by women) is unrecognized while activities that may be environmentally and socially detrimental are deemed productive. Waring maps out an alternative vision based on the idea of time as the new currency."

By National Film Board (NFB)

1995

http://www.nfb.ca/film/whos_counting/

Women's Poverty & Economic Security

Welfare is a Women’s Issue

Welfare is like a super-sexist marriage. You trade in a man for the man. But you can't divorce him if he treats you bad. He can divorce you, of course, cut you off anytime he wants. But in that case, he keeps the kids, not you. The man runs everything. In ordinary marriage, sex is supposed to be for your husband.

By Johnnie Tillmon

1972

Women's Poverty & Economic Security Women of Colour

Prostitution: Violating the Human Rights of Poor Women (2008)

By Shelagh Day

Prostitution Women's Poverty & Economic Security

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