Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario orders government to end gender pay gap for midwives.
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Ford government ordered by Human Rights Tribunal to end discrimination
Media Advisory Midwives Elizabeth Brandeis and Liz Fraser, alongside human rights lawyer Mary Cornish, will present and respond to new orders from the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario to the Ford government. In Ontario, the Human Rights Code protects against discriminatory compensation practices…
Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario orders government to end gender pay gap for midwives
TORONTO: In a landmark legal decision, the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario has ordered the Ford government to take concrete actions to end the gender pay gap midwives experience as a result of the Ministry of Health’s discriminatory actions. “Government needs to immediately implement the orders…
FGM/C Network called the midwives! And the AOM answered
International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation The Association of Ontario Midwives (AOM) was approached by the End FGM/C Canada Network to support communities who have lived experienced with, and are working to end, female genital mutilation and cutting (FGM/C). In Nov…
Midwives Engaging MPPs
Ontario midwives have been busy this fall, and not just catching babies, negotiating a new contract and navigating the OHT process. Across the province midwives have been engaged in political advocacy – advocating for change in their local communities and raising the profi…