| Women and Gender Equality Canada
| media advisories
On September 29, the Honourable Marci Ien, Minister for Women and Gender Equality and Youth, along with the Honourable Margaret Nakashuk, Nunavut’s Minister responsible for the Status of Women, and the Honourable John Main, Nunavut’s Minister of Health, will make an announcement supporting the victims and survivors of gender-based violence in Nunavut.
| Women and Gender Equality Canada
| backgrounders
To increase the economic participation of women in Canada, Women and Gender Equality Canada, announced $3 million over four years for the LEAP Pecaut Centre for Social Impact (LEAP).
| Women and Gender Equality Canada
| news releases
Today, the Honourable Marci Ien, Minister for Women and Gender Equality and Youth, announced $3 million over four years for the LEAP Pecaut Centre for Social Impact (LEAP) to increase the economic participation and prosperity of women in Canada, particularly those from equity-deserving groups.
| Women and Gender Equality Canada
| news releases
Today, the Honourable Marci Ien, Minister for Women and Gender Equality and Youth, launched two new concurrent calls for proposals to support organizations in Canada serving women.
| Women and Gender Equality Canada
| media advisories
On September 25, the Honourable Marci Ien, Minister for Women and Gender Equality and Youth, will make an announcement supporting projects that will increase the economic participation and prosperity of women in Canada, particularly of those from equity-deserving groups.
| Women and Gender Equality Canada
| news releases
Today, the Honourable Marci Ien, Minister for Women and Gender Equality and Youth, alongside Kirstin Beardsley, Chief Executive Officer, Food Banks Canada, announced that Food Banks Canada, one of the country’s largest organizations to fight food insecurity, will receive $17.9 million to run a national pilot to address barriers related to affordability and stigma that some Canadians face when accessing menstrual products.
| Women and Gender Equality Canada
| media advisories
On September 21, the Honourable Marci Ien, Minister for Women and Gender Equality and Youth, will make an announcement supporting a national pilot to address barriers that some Canadians face when accessing menstrual products.
| Women and Gender Equality Canada
| backgrounders
The funding announced will benefit Indigenous women’s and 2SLGBTQQIA+ organizations to provide gender-based violence (GBV) prevention programming to address the root causes of violence.
