50 ans d’avancées des femmes, de la Commission Bird à #MeToo

In 1970, at a time when Quebec was in turmoil, the Bird Commission on the Status of Women in Canada, created three years earlier, submitted its voluminous report. It contained 167 recommendations urging the government and men to adapt to the new reality of the country’s female citizens, who were thirsty for freedom and wanted to emancipate themselves on several levels. Body, sexuality, speaking out, commitment, education, work, family: everything was changing. After 50 years of progress, where do women in Quebec stand today?

Entrepreneur, doctor, engineer, politician: today’s young girls can aspire to all kinds of professions without hesitation. Women are no longer confined to nursing, primary education, or secretarial work, even though they still fill almost all of these traditionally female jobs. What is the secret to encouraging girls to think outside the box? And how can we revalue so-called female professions?

1. 50 years of women’s progress – Commitment
2. 50 years of women’s progress – Free Speech
3. 50 years of women’s progress – Body and Sexuality
4. 50 years of women’s progress – Education
5. 50 years of women’s progress – Work
6. 50 years of women’s progress – Family

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