| Women and Gender Equality Canada | backgrounders
One of the ways Status of Women Canada advances gender equality is by providing funding to eligible organizations through the Women’s Program. Projects are selected via calls for proposals on specific themes, as well as through a continuous intake process that allows the Women’s Program to address emerging issues as they arise.
| Women and Gender Equality Canada | news releases
Vulnerable and marginalized women, including women who live in remote and Northern communities, racialized and Indigenous women, women fleeing violence, newcomers, single mothers, LGBTQ2 women, low-income women, and women with disabilities and exceptionalities, face numerous barriers to employment. Our government is working to remove these barriers so that we improve women’s financial security, grow the middle class and strengthen our economy.
| Women and Gender Equality Canada | media advisories
The Honourable Maryam Monsef, Minister of Status of Women, will make a funding announcement regarding women’s economic security.
| Women and Gender Equality Canada | statements
The Honourable Maryam Monsef, Minister of Status of Women, today issued the following statement on the introduction of the Budget Implementation Act, 2018, No. 2, which includes legislation to create the Department for Women and Gender Equality (WAGE)
| Women and Gender Equality Canada | news releases
Today marked the conclusion of the 36th annual meeting of the FPT Ministers Responsible for the Status of Women. Over the past several days, the Ministers met in Whitehorse, Yukon and worked collaboratively to advance key priorities affecting women and girls in Canada.
| Women and Gender Equality Canada | news releases
Today, the Honourable Maryam Monsef, Minister of Status of Women, announced the recipients of the Governor General’s Awards in Commemoration of the Persons Case for 2018.
| Women and Gender Equality Canada | statements
On Persons Day, we celebrate an important milestone in the struggle for women’s participation in Canadian political life. On this day, which takes place during Women’s History Month, we honour the Famous Five – Emily Murphy, Henrietta Muir Edwards, Louise McKinney, Nellie McClung and Irene Parlby, courageous Canadian women who won a hard-fought battle for gender equality and those who continue this work today.
| Women and Gender Equality Canada | statements
The Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations, Carolyn Bennett, together with the Minister of Indigenous Services, Jane Philpott, and the Minister of Status of Women, Maryam Monsef, issued the following statement today.
| Women and Gender Equality Canada | media advisories
Federal-Provincial-Territorial Ministers Responsible for the Status of Women are convening in Whitehorse this week for their 36th annual meeting. Ministers will be holding a joint media availability to discuss outcomes of these meetings.
| Women and Gender Equality Canada | backgrounders
One of the ways Status of Women Canada advances gender equality is by providing funding to eligible organizations through the Women’s Program. Projects are selected via calls for proposals on specific themes, as well as through a continuous intake process that allows the Women’s Program to address emerging issues as they arise.
