
This means Canada prioritizes the investments, partnerships and advocacy efforts that have the greatest potential to close gender gaps, eliminate barriers to gender equality and help achieve the Sustainable Development Goals.Īs such, partners seeking international assistance from Global Affairs Canada (GAC) are expected to ensure active and meaningful participation and decision-making by women and girls in all initiatives-from project design to implementation and through monitoring and evaluation. This requires engaging men and boys in transforming the rigid roles and norms that lead to inequalities. By eliminating barriers to equality and helping create better opportunities, women and girls can be powerful agents of change and improve their own lives and those of their families, communities and countries. On June 9, 2017, Canada launched the Feminist International Assistance Policy anchoring its commitment to put gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls at the heart of its international development, humanitarian, and peace and security efforts.Įvidence clearly demonstrates that this is the most effective way to reduce poverty and create a world that is more inclusive, more peaceful and more prosperous. Tool 14: Evaluating project performance on gender equality.Tool 13: Reporting on gender equality outcomes.Tool 12: Monitoring performance on gender equality.Tool 11: Annual work planning and project steering committee.Tool 10: Project implementation plan and gender equality strategy.Tool 9: Gender equality coding for initiatives.Tool 8: Budget to achieve gender equality outcomes.


Tool 1: Policy framework for gender equality and key gender equality concepts.
