Response to parliamentary committees and external audits: 2023-2024 Departmental Results Report, Women and Gender Equality Canada

Response to parliamentary committees

Standing Committee on the Status of Women Report 8: Let’s Talk About it, Period: Achieving Menstrual Equity in Canada

The committee undertook a study on menstrual equity in Canada including access to affordable menstrual products, improving education about menstrual health, raising awareness about menstruation and related health issues, and the Menstrual Equity Fund. The committee presented 11 recommendations in its report. A government response was tabled with the committee on February 29, 2024.

https://www.ourcommons.ca/DocumentViewer/en/44-1/FEWO/report-8/

 

Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology, Report 11: All Together — The Role of Gender-based Analysis Plus in the Policy Process: reducing barriers to an inclusive intersectional policy analysis.

The committee undertook a study of Gender-based Analysis Plus taking into consideration the Auditor General’s May 2022 report the progress of GBA barriers that continue to limit its implementation in the federal government and makes 15 recommendations to reduce these barriers and support a more fulsome intersectional analysis.  A government response was tabled with the committee on September 21, 2023.

https://sencanada.ca/content/sen/committee/441/SOCI/reports/2023-09-21_SOCI_Report11_GR_e.pdf

Response to audits conducted by the Office of the Auditor General of Canada (including audits conducted by the Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development)

There were no audits in 2023–24 requiring a response.

Response to audits conducted by the Public Service Commission of Canada or the Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages

There were no audits in 2023–24 requiring a response.