| Women and Gender Equality Canada | news releases
The National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls highlighted the underlying systemic causes of ongoing violence against Indigenous women, girls, and 2SLGBTQQIA+ people. The COVID-19 pandemic also created unprecedented challenges for victims seeking help and the frontline organizations that support them.
| Women and Gender Equality Canada | backgrounders
In January 2022, Women and Gender Equality Canada launched a call for proposals to bolster the capacity of Indigenous women’s and 2SLGBTQQIA+ organizations to provide gender-based violence (GBV) prevention programming in order to address the root causes of violence. Six organizations received funding.
| Women and Gender Equality Canada | news releases
The National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls highlighted the underlying systemic causes of ongoing violence against Indigenous women, girls, and 2SLGBTQQIA+ people. The COVID-19 pandemic also created unprecedented challenges for victims and survivors seeking help and the frontline organizations that support them.
| Women and Gender Equality Canada | news releases
The National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls highlighted the underlying systemic causes of ongoing violence against Indigenous women, girls, and 2SLGBTQQIA+ people. The COVID-19 pandemic also created unprecedented challenges for victims and survivors seeking help and the frontline organizations that support them.
| Women and Gender Equality Canada | news releases
The call for nominations for the 2023 Governor General’s Awards in Commemoration of the Persons Case is now open. These awards recognize Canadians, including youth, who have made outstanding contributions to the advancement of gender equality.
| Women and Gender Equality Canada | news releases
Today the Honourable Marci Ien, Minister for Women and Gender Equality and Youth, was in Hamilton, Ontario to meet with staff of the Hamilton Regional Indian Centre to highlight Budget 2023 investments that advance reconciliation. She also met with staff at the Aeon Studio Group to highlight supports for businesses.
| Women and Gender Equality Canada | news releases
Today, the Honourable Marci Ien, Minister for Women and Gender Equality and Youth, was in Guelph, Ontario to meet with community workers at The SEED and 10C to highlight Budget 2023’s investments, like the new Grocery Rebate to help Canadians with the rising cost of living.
| Women and Gender Equality Canada | statements
The Honourable Marci Ien, Minister for Women and Gender Equality and Youth, issued the following statement today on the International Day of Pink.
| Women and Gender Equality Canada | news releases
Today, the Honourable Marci Ien, Minister for Women and Gender Equality and Youth, spent the morning in Ontario’s Durham Region where she visited Ontario Tech University's Climatic Aerodynamic Wind Tunnel (ACE) and Canada Black Owned Marketplace to highlight Budget 2023’s investments in creating good jobs and growing a clean economy.
| Women and Gender Equality Canada | news releases
Today, the Honourable Marci Ien, Minister for Women and Gender Equality and Youth, visited the Mississauga Academy of Medicine (University of Toronto Mississauga [UTM] Campus), East Mississauga Community Healthcare Centre, and the Family Health Team at the Credit Valley Hospital in Mississauga, Ontario, to highlight Budget 2023 investments in public health care.
