Healthy women are critical to our collective future. They are central to our families, communities, and essential services. And, improving the health system to enable women to stay healthy has the potential to save the BC economy up to $2.6 billion annually.
Essential services need healthy women. Women represent the majority of frequently under-valued essential service roles. We must ensure that the health needs of these workers are met to keep these services operating and sustainable.
Making changes to support women staying healthy has the potential to save up to $2.6 billion in BC annually, and up to $17.8 billion across Canada. Achieving gender equality would increase the growth rate of output by 9% in BC and by 6% across Canada over the next decade.