The portrayals of women and minorities in the Canadian mass media

ID:	HARP-177
Title:	The portrayals of women and minorities in the Canadian mass media
Source:	Peace Research , v.30(3) Ag’98 pg 65-76
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Year:	1998
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Keywords:	Canada, discrimination, economic, social, and cultural rights, employment, gender equality, human rights, woman, ethnic minorities, civil and political rights, print media, media, minority rights
Abstract:	The under-representation of women and minorities in the print and electronic media is a universal phenomenon. Although there have been changes for the better, women and minorities still lag behind their male and “white” counterparts in numerical representation. Canada, in the past few decades, has undergone rapid socio-cultural and demographic change. Women, whose participation in the labor force has been increasing in recent decades, share with their male counterparts a desire for personal economic achievement and social standing. Between 1961 and 1991 the female participation rate in Canada doubled; it increased from 29 per cent to 58 per cent.(f.3) Yet, because of women’s well-documented disadvantage, Canada had the lowest rate of female labor force participation (for those aged 25 to 54 years) among the most industrialized countries.(f.4) Visible minorities (blacks, Chinese, Filipinos, Indo-Pakistanis, other Pacific Islanders, Japanese, Koreans, Southeast Asians, West Asians and Arabs, and Latin Americans) compose seven per cent of Canada’s population and five per cent of the labor force.(f.5) However, they are virtually nonexistent in key public positions and in the senior management of the public service and crown corporations.(f.6)
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