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DESCRIPTION:An Annie Macdonald Langstaff workshop with Jennifer Nedelsky\, 
 Professor of Law and Political Science\, University of Toronto.  Abstract 
  My project addresses three serious problems that afflict\, in various for
 ms\, virtually all modern industrial societies:    There is an unsustainab
 le structure of work and family life that puts enormous stress on families
 \, and forces workers (at all levels) into untenable choices between work 
 and family  The shift in gender norms and the inequality of women improves
  at a glacial pace\, leaving women with less pay\, less economic security\
 , vulnerability to poverty\, less leisure time\, less access to top jobs a
 nd to other advantages such as high quality health care. More generally\, 
 equality for all cannot be achieved without a just distribution of care wo
 rk.  The policy / care divide means that those in top policy making positi
 ons are almost always people with very little experience of the demands (o
 r satisfactions or importance) of care taking. In my view this means that 
 policy-makers are\, for the most part\, ignorant of a core dimension of hu
 man life. This renders them unfit for the job. Those who do have the requi
 site knowledge and experience (primarily women) have very limited access t
 o high-level policy-making positions.    My argument is that these problem
 s can only be redressed by a radical restructuring of work and care practi
 ces. I argue that we need a fundamental shift in social norms\, so that th
 e expectation of ALL is that we will work part-time and engage in care wor
 k for family\, friends and community part time. This paper is an explorati
 on of what such an optimal norm would look like.  Part of the Annie Macdon
 ald Langstaff Workshop Series\, organized in collaboration with the Centre
  for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism\, and the Feminist Collective.
DTSTART:20141024T170000Z
DTEND:20141024T183000Z
LOCATION:NCDH 202\, Chancellor Day Hall\, CA\, QC\, Montreal\, H3A 1W9\, 36
 44 rue Peel
SUMMARY:Creating New Norms of Work and Care
URL:/law/channels/event/creating-new-norms-work-and-ca
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