York U. scholar on women and crime in Canada calls for second welfare state that empowers women.

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M2 PRESSWIRE-16 March 2001-YORK UNIVERSITY: York U. scholar on women and crime in Canada calls for second welfare state that empowers women (C)1994-2001 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:15032001 TORONTO -- York University sociologist and feminist theorist Thelma McCormack says women in Canada are at a crucial moment in history and at serious risk of losing the gains achieved in the past two decades.

She says it is time for a second Canadian welfare state, and one that incorporates a feminist legal system that empowers women. A senior scholar who has published widely on the advancement of women in Canada, McCormack will give an address entitled Women and Crime in Canada: Did the Welfare State Make a Difference? on Wednesday, March 21. She says Canada`s...