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Gender Results Framework

Background

In Budget 2018, the Government of Canada introduced a Gender Results Framework (GRF) which identifies priority areas of action for advancing gender equality; guides decision-making on policies, programs and other initiatives; and helps to monitor progress towards our goals. The GRF was developed by Women and Gender Equality Canada (WAGE), in collaboration with Finance Canada and Global Affairs Canada, to serve as the framework for guiding the federal budget decision-making and analysis process (gender-based budgeting). As such, the GRF also ensures coordinated action on gender equality by the federal government.

The GRF represents the Government of Canada’s goals and strategic objectives with respect to gender equality and how we will measure success under six pillars:

Pillars are supported by a set of indicators for monitoring progress towards Canada’s gender equality goals and objectives. In total, the GRF contains 43 indicators, which were selected through consultation with other federal government departments and are based on international and domestic best practices for measuring gender equality. The indicators also align with Canada’s international commitments, specifically the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals Indicator Framework.

In Budget 2019, progress on these indicators was published with the federal budget in a Gender Equality Statement. In addition, with Budget 2019, WAGE released a GRF portal to communicate the goals and progress towards them to a wider public audience. This website will be updated annually with each federal budget.

In October 2018, the federal, provincial and territorial (FPT) Ministers responsible for the status of women endorsed an FPT GRF, comprising a subset of 32 indicators from the federal GRF. This FPT GRF will be used to guide and monitor progress on FPT priorities identified by the Ministers for the Status of Women.

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