Publication type:
Conference / Meeting Proceedings
Agency:
Vancouver Women's Health Collective
Summary:
Speaking notes at the Standing Committee on Health, November 8, 2001, for Caryn Duncan, Executive Director of the Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC). The speaking notes address provincial funding cuts to health care that disproportionately affect women, and the need for gender-based analysis of proposed health care reforms.
Keywords:
Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC); Caryn Duncan; Ministry of Health; funding cuts; BC Health Coalition; public health; BC Health system; women and health; women's health; gender-based analysis; inequality; gender inequality; Pharmacare; Medical Services Plan (MSP); privatization; home care; health reform