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The Budget's Baby Steps on Gender Analysis

Posted by nte on March 27, 2017 in In Print

Cattapan, A., Hanson, C., Stinson, J., Levac, L., & Paterson, S. The budget's baby steps on gender analysis. Policy Options Politiques — The Public Forum for the Public Good.

The government took baby steps toward implementing a gender analysis in its budget announced Wednesday. This is important. It’s the first time Canada has developed a budget that looks at the way public policy affects men and women differently, including women who belong to multiple communities, such as Indigenous and immigrant women.

The Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women (CRIAW-ICREF) hopes this budget ... [read further]