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HAVE YOUR SAY: Why Women Care; 6 REASONS; Health care work is making women sick
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Our Times
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October 1, 2002
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WHY IS HEALTH REFORM a women's issue? There are several reasons.
First, care work is women's work. Women account for over 80 per cent of those providing paid care, and a similar proportion of those providing direct personal care as unpaid providers. Reforms over the last decade have meant there are fewer hours of paid work for care providers who have been formally taught the required skills, and more hours of unpaid work for those without formal training for the work.
While there is much talk about how people prefer to be cared for at home, there is much less talk about the preferences of those who must provide the care. Six years before the Romanow Commission, Prime Minister Chretien ...
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