Reading Time: 5 minutes (Disponible en français : La situation de la progression de l’égalité des genres au Canada : le 25e anniversaire de la Déclaration et Programme d’action de Beijing) September 2020 marks the 25th anniversary of the adoption of the Beijing Declaration… Read More ›
Gender-based analysis
The COVID-19 Pandemic and Gender: Selected Considerations
Reading Time: 5 minutes Note: This publication was updated in January, 2022: Gender Considerations and the COVID-19 Pandemic Revised on 9 November 2020, 10:25 a.m. Any substantive changes in this HillNote that have been made since the preceding issue are indicated in bold print. (Disponible… Read More ›
Women Veterans Experience a Different Reality than Their Brothers in Arms
Reading Time: 5 minutes (Disponible en français : Les femmes vétérans : une réalité différente de celle de leurs frères d’armes) Statistics As of February 2019, 15.7% of Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) members were women. The CAF’s objective is that, by 2026, one in… Read More ›
Gender Equality Week: Understanding Gender and Sexual Diversity Terminology
Reading Time: 4 minutes (Disponible en français : Semaine de l’égalité des sexes : comprendre la terminologie des genres et de la diversité sexuelle) On 21 June 2018, An Act to establish Gender Equality Week received Royal Assent. With its enactment, Gender Equality Week was… Read More ›
Gender-based Analysis Plus in Canada
Reading Time: 4 minutes (Disponible en français : L’analyse comparative entre les sexes plus au Canada) From 29 May to 2 June 2017, the Government of Canada will hold its 6th annual Gender-based Analysis Plus Awareness Week. The Government of Canada uses Gender-based Analysis… Read More ›