What is the difference between equity and equality?
Video / May 13, 2024
Transcript
(background music plays)
(video displays) The Logo of GBA PLUS appears on the left with the title “What’s the Difference between Equity & Equality? DND/CAF GBA Plus Toolkit for Junior Officers and Non-Commissioned Leaders” on the right over a white background.
(video displays) A blue box with the text “Gender-based Analysis Plus or GBA Plus has been part of the Government of Canada since 1995. Since its inception, many parts of the Defence Team have been doing great work to apply GBA Plus in their respective areas. By watching and engaging with the videos in the GBA Plus toolkit, you are joining a broader movement for positive culture change through the application of GBA Plus in the defence environment” appears over a white background.
[Section 1. Intro]
(video displays) An illustration of the world appears, with clouds around its top with a superimposed drawing of a group of people of different genders, ages, and races. The text “8 billion in November 2022” appears across the screen.
Narrator: Did you know that the global human population reached 8.0 billion in mid-November 2022?
(video displays) The same illustration of the world appears, with clouds around its top with a superimposed drawing of a group of people of different genders, ages, and races, now slightly transparent. The text “People are inherently equal” appears across the screen.
Narrator: Did you also know that people are inherently equal?
(video displays) The logo of the United Nations appears, with the text “Article 1 Universal Declaration of Human Rights” above it. The illustration of the world, with clouds around it and the group of people appears, superimposed on the United Nations logo. Two illustrations showing more people appear to the left and right and the world. In quick succession, the words “free”, “equal”, “dignity” and “rights” appear, surrounding the illustrations left and right.
Narrator: Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights sets the foundation that all human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.
(video displays) A stylized photograph of DND/CAF members with 2SLGBTQIA+ flags and hearts appear.
Narrator: Equality is recognizing that as human beings, we all have the same value. One life is as valuable as another person’s life.
(video displays) A stylized photograph of DND/CAF members appears in the background, with a transparency effect. A drawing of a group of people of different genders, ages, and races also appears, superimposed. The text “We are all equal” is shown on top of the drawing.
Narrator: We are all equal.
(video displays) A black and white photo of a group of people of different genders, ages, and races in fills up the screen. An equal sign in white appears in the middle of the screen. A line making the equal sign an unequal sign appears. The photograph becomes more transparent, with two words appearing “differences” and “inequalities”, superimposed to the lines of the equal sign.
Narrator: But we also know that reality is very different. We live in a world full of differences and inequalities.
(video displays) The logo of GBA Plus Gender-Based Analysis Plus decorated with red maple leaves appears to the left. At its right, the phrase “intersectional analysis” appears. It is then replaced by the five GBA Plus approach steps which are listed inside interlocking circles arranged as a pentagon with the following text on the screen:
- Step 1. Identify the issue,
- Step 2. Identify people & their needs,
- Step 3. Identify differences and inequalities,
- Step 4. Develop options,
- Step 5. Implement, monitor & evaluate.
Narrator: As Canada’s approach to intersectional analysis, GBA Plus helps us identity these differences and inequalities...
[Section 2. Equality and Equity]
(video displays) The same black and white photo of a group of people of different genders, ages, and races in fills up the screen, with a transparent unequal sign. In the middle of the screen, an illustration depicting inequality with two children at the bottom of an apple tree appears. The child on the left is prepared to catch an apple falling from the tree. The child on the right is extending his arms, with a question mark above their head. The text on the illustration says “Inequality: unequal access to opportunities”.
Narrator: ...so that we can do something about it.
(video displays) The logo of GBA Plus Gender-Based Analysis Plus appears to the left. The screen is filled with an illustration depicting equal treatment with two children on top of ladders, at the bottom of an apple tree. The child on the left is grabbing apples from the tree, putting them in a yellow pouch. The child on the right cannot reach the apples, their yellow pouch empty, with an exclamation mark above their head. The text on the illustration is "Equal treatment: evenly distributed tools & assistance”.
Narrator: Through intersectional analysis, we want to know when equal treatment is not enough to support people, meet their needs, and achieve equal outcomes.
(video displays) The logo of GBA Plus Gender-Based Analysis Plus disappears, leaving the screen filled with the illustration of the two children on top of ladders, at the bottom of an apple tree. A red circle appears, pointing to the ladders, which are the same height. The text on the illustration is "Equal treatment is not Equality”.
Narrator: Equal treatment is not equality.
(video displays) The logo of GBA Plus Gender-Based Analysis Plus along with the GBA Plus approach steps appear superimposed to the same illustration of the world, with clouds around it and the group of people, alongside two illustrations showing more people appear to the left and right and the world. An illustration of coloured arrows appears on the left, directed at the world. The text “reduce inequalities” appears in the top left corner, changing in quick succession to “solutions are customized” and later “to meet people's needs”
Narrator: One of the goals of GBA Plus is to find solutions that can help reduce inequalities and ensure that the solutions are customized to meet people’s needs.
(video displays) The screen is filled with an illustration depicting equity, with two children on top of ladders, at the bottom of an apple tree. The child on the left is grabbing apples from the tree, putting them in a yellow pouch. The child on the right is also grabbing applies from the tree, putting them in a yellow pouch. The ladders the children are on top off are of different heights, the one on the left being shorter, whilst the one on the right being taller. The text on the illustration is “Equity: Custom tools that identify and address inequality.”
Narrator: This is also known as equity.
(video displays) A stylized photograph of DND/CAF members with 2SLGBTQIA+ flags and hearts appear. It is quickly replaced by a photograph of a series of DND/CAF member uniforms hung in a clothing rack.
Narrator: When people of different backgrounds receive equal outcomes is how we know that we have successfully achieved equity.
(video displays) The logo of GBA Plus Gender-Based Analysis Plus decorated with red maple leaves appears to the left. At its right, the five GBA Plus approach steps are listed inside interlocking circles arranged as a pentagon with the following text on the screen:
- Step 1. Identify the issue,
- Step 2. Identify people & their needs,
- Step 3. Identify differences and inequalities,
- Step 4. Develop options,
- Step 5. Implement, monitor & evaluate.
Narrator: This is what GBA Plus is all about.
(video displays) A stylized photograph of DND/CAF members putting supplies into a truck appears in the middle of the screen. The text "the starting point for people” appears in a black rectangle on top of the photograph. In quick succession, the text changes to “their needs” and then to “the inequalities”.
Narrator: We want to know the starting point for people; what their needs are and the inequalities that they may encounter...
(video displays) The stylized photograph of DND/CAF members putting supplies into a truck moves to the left. The text "diverse social identity factors” appears in a black rectangle on top of the photograph. To the right, a 12-pointed asterisk with a drawing of a group of people of different genders, ages, and races at the centre is shown with the words, “age, location, race & ethnicity, language, sexual orientation, rank, unit, occupation, immigration & citizenship, socio-economic status, gender, family status” in its spokes. This is the wheel of social identity factors.
Narrator: ...based on diverse social identity factors.
(video displays) A stylized photograph showing a series of DND/CAF member uniforms hung in a clothing rack is shown. In the top left corner, a blue rectangle with the text “is equal treatment enough to support people?” appears.
Narrator: We want to identify where there could be areas where equal treatment is not enough to support people.
(video displays) An illustration of the world of a group of people of different genders, ages, and races appears in the middle of the screen. Two illustrations showing more people appear to the left and right of the group of people. The text “solutions & actions” appears across the screen, quickly succeeded by “better meet needs” and “reduce inequalities”.
Narrator: We want to come up with potential solutions and actions to better meet the needs of people and reduce inequalities.
(video displays) A stylized photograph of DND/CAF members getting into a helicopter is shown. In the top left corner, a black rectangle with the text “customized” appears, with a black rectangle “not the same fo everyone” shown in the opposite corner. They’re quickly replaced by “fair & equitable” and “lead to equality” correspondingly.
Narrator: These solutions are customized and although not the same for everyone, are fair, equitable, and lead to equality.
[Section 3. Learning Application]
(video displays) A stylized photograph of DND/CAF members in uniform sitting in a classroom with the text “learning application” is shown.
Narrator: By watching and engaging with the materials in this toolkit, you are joining a broader movement for positive culture change through the application of GBA Plus. Thank you!
(video displays) The stylized photograph of the embroidered Canadian flag of a DND/CAF member uniform with the text “Thank You” is shown. The stylized photograph fades away and is replaced by the text “What’s the Difference between Equity & Equality?” DND/CAF GBA Plus Toolkit for Junior Officers & Non-Commissioned Leaders.
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