| Women and Gender Equality Canada | media advisories
The Honourable Maryam Monsef, Minister for Women and Gender Equality and Rural Economic Development, will make an important funding announcement to address gender-based violence, including to accelerate progress towards a National Action Plan on Gender-Based Violence.
| Women and Gender Equality Canada | backgrounders
The Women’s Program funds projects that address systemic barriers to women’s equality in three priority areas: ending violence against women and girls; improving the economic security and prosperity of women and girls; and encouraging women and girls in leadership roles.
| Women and Gender Equality Canada | news releases
Advancing gender equality is a key priority for the Government of Canada. The COVID-19 pandemic has magnified systemic and longstanding inequalities, with women and girls disproportionately impacted by the crisis.
| Women and Gender Equality Canada | news releases
Everyone has the right to live free from violence. However, many people in Canada continue to experience violence every day because of their gender, gender expression, gender identity or perceived gender.
| Women and Gender Equality Canada | news releases
A strong and vibrant women’s and equality-seeking movement is part of the foundation of a more inclusive Canada – one where everyone has the opportunity to succeed. The Government of Canada continues to support organizations that ensure all women, as well as victims and survivors of human trafficking, have the tools and supports they need to heal and regain control over their lives.
| Women and Gender Equality Canada | media advisories
Minister O’Regan to announce support for organizations preventing human trafficking in Newfoundland and Labrador
| Women and Gender Equality Canada | news releases
Human trafficking is an unconscionable crime that impacts the most vulnerable in Canada and around the world. The COVID-19 pandemic has made it even more difficult to keep people safe, and help victims escape situations of human trafficking and access the supports they need. Indigenous women and girls, newcomers to Canada, Black and racialized women and those living in poverty are particularly at-risk of being trafficked.
| Women and Gender Equality Canada | media advisories
Gudie Hutchings, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Women and Gender Equality and Rural Economic Development, the Honourable Hedy Fry, Member of Parliament for Vancouver Centre, and Randeep Sarai, Member of Parliament for Surrey Centre, will make a funding announcement for organizations that prevent and address human trafficking in British Columbia.
| Women and Gender Equality Canada | news releases
Women’s organizations provide vital support to women and girls, helping them to be financially secure, live free from violence, and fully participate in all aspects of Canadian society. By investing in women’s organizations, the Government of Canada is helping ensure that women and their communities can prosper, now and in the future.
| Women and Gender Equality Canada | news releases
Indigenous women, girls, and 2SLGBTQQIA+ people face intolerable inequities – something that has been made worse by the COVID19 pandemic in communities from coast to coast to coast. The Government of Canada is taking concrete action to address these inequities by supporting, and working with, organizations that empower Indigenous women, girls, 2SLGBTQQIA+ people, and other underrepresented people to overcome the challenges they face and fully participate in all aspects of economic and social life.
