Commentary On Women Of Worth By Merna Forster

The name of this article that I will be talking about is called "Women of Worth" (The Gender Gap) by Merna Forster. Merna Forster is a very successful woman that did a campaign in having women on Canadian money and is also the author of “100 Canadian Heroes”. The thesis/argument that Forester is stating in her article is that they want to stop women inequality and to put an end to our Canadian gender gap. This Report will talk about the summary of the article and its argument, and also my argument to which I agree with what Forster says about women. I agree that we should close the gender gap as soon as we can because our economy and society will suffer if women are not treated equally, and because they do not show allot or any of our Canadian …show more content…
Throughout the year, women have been treated as if there are not capable to do exactly the same things that men could do. There was a global gender gap report in 2016 which showed that Canada is ranked thirty-fifth in the world. We as Canadian’s have been going down in rank every year due to allot of discrimination again women. The most popular reason and concern that we have is the violence against women. Mostly igneous women and girls have been suffering for many years while not getting any help. There has also been a major problem with women getting equal pay for their work, how “Canadian women now earn about $8,000 a year less than men for equal work — double the global average”(Forester, 2017, pg. 44). This quote basically explains that women have not just been going through violence but also have been going through not getting the same amount of pay has men. This would lead to not having a voice to speak about the matter which will lead to not having a voice in politics. These are one of the many things that hold women back from becoming