| Women and Gender Equality Canada | backgrounders
Following the June 2017 announcement of It’s Time: Canada’s Strategy to Prevent and Address Gender-Based Violence, Women and Gender Equality Canada (formerly Status of Women Canada) launched the Gender-Based Violence (GBV) Program in January 2018.
| Women and Gender Equality Canada | news releases
Ending gender-based violence is crucial in order to give everyone the same opportunities to join and grow Canada’s middle class. We all benefit when women, girls and people of all genders are safe and free to live their lives to the fullest.
| Women and Gender Equality Canada | backgrounders
One of the ways Women and Gender Equality Canada advances gender equality in Canada is by providing funding to eligible organizations through the Women’s Program.
| Women and Gender Equality Canada | news releases
Gender-based violence holds everyone back. It has long-lasting and negative health, social, and economic effects that span generations, and it takes many forms including physical, sexual, psychological, and online violence.
| Women and Gender Equality Canada | media advisories
Greg Fergus, Parliamentary Secretary to the President of Treasury Board and Minister of Digital Government and Member of Parliament for Hull – Aylmer, on behalf of the Honourable Maryam Monsef, Minister of International Development and Minister for Women and Gender Equality, will make an important announcement to help advance gender equality in Gatineau.
| Women and Gender Equality Canada | media advisories
The Honourable Maryam Monsef, Minister of International Development and Minister for Women and Gender Equality, accompanied by Sukh Dhaliwal, Member of Parliament for Surrey – Newton, will make an important announcement in support of women’s organizations in British Columbia.
| Women and Gender Equality Canada | media advisories
Karen McCrimmon, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness and Member of Parliament for Kanata–Carleton, on behalf of the Honourable Maryam Monsef, Minister of International Development and Minister for Women and Gender Equality, will make an important announcement to help end cyberviolence.
| Women and Gender Equality Canada | backgrounders
In May 2019, Women and Gender Equality Canada (WAGE) launched National Conversations on Gender Equality with Young Canadians at the Canada Youth Summit in Ottawa.
| Women and Gender Equality Canada | news releases
Le gouvernement du Canada est d’avis que chacune et chacun a un rôle à jouer dans la promotion de l’égalité des genres et la prise de mesures pour veiller à ce que toutes les personnes, quel que soit leur genre ou leur orientation sexuelle, puissent réussir au Canada et partout dans le monde.
| Women and Gender Equality Canada | news releases
The Government of Canada is making a real difference in the lives of LGBTQ2 people from coast to coast to coast through investments that will build stronger, more resilient LGBTQ2 community organizations, networks, and infrastructure.
