The Canadian Federation of Business and Professional Women

Requests Permanent Board – 1968

  • RESET

Category:

EMPLOYMENT CONDITIONS

Sub-Category:

STATUS OF WOMEN

Resolution Number:

300.60.2

Club:

Neepawa

Province:

Manitoba

Year:

1968

Status:

Resolved

Background:

Comments:

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT the BPW Canada meeting in Convention in August 1968, reaffirm its submission to the Royal Commission on the Status of Women that a permanent commission or board on the Status of Women in Canada be constituted for the following purposes:to give leadership and encouragement to women as they seek recognition in new fields of endeavour;to assist actively in the enforcement of rights already achieved by women in the employment field, such as minimum wages and equal pay for equal work;to seek promotional opportunities for women;to consider having complaints of discrimination on the basis of sex alone.

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