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Economic Gender Equality Indicators and Gender Analysis

98.1EM ECONOMIC GENDER EQUALITY INDICATORS AND GENDER ANALYSIS

Whereas, The advancement of women includes understanding their reality and the unique constraints they face, particularly with respect to the amount of unpaid work they perform, and the varying needs of women across the country; and

Whereas, Bureaucrats and politicians are often unaware of the different realities of women; and

Whereas, Statistics are not always disaggregated by gender, which leads to blindness on the part of policy makers to contributions and needs of women; and

Whereas, Data from Statistics Canada and other departments are not often available to women’s and community groups because of the cost and complexity of presentations; and

Whereas, Data on women are usually presented in a comparison with data for men which not only hides the different constraints women face but also tends to emphasize an adversarial rather than a cooperative framework; and

Whereas, Although the Government of Canada has committed to doing gender analysis of all new federal programs, this commitment is qualified by the statement “where appropriate” and the results of such gender analysis are not always readily available; therefore be it

RESOLVED, That the National Council of Women of Canada urge the Government of Canada to ensure that:

  1. Statistics Canada and other government departments consult widely with diverse women’s groups about the types of data collected; and
  2. Gender sensitivity training be conducted for bureaucrats and politicians, and resources be allocated by the federal government for such training; and
  3. Data be disaggregated by gender wherever possible; and
  4. Data be made accessible without charge to women’s and other community groups; and
  5. Funding be provided for capacity building of organizations to ensure a strong voice for women, and that the government partner with such organizations to provide public information, which emphasizes women’s distinct contribution and needs rather than the inequities between men and women; and be it further

RESOLVED, That the National Council of Women urge the Government of Canada to pass enabling legislation to ensure that gender analysis is applied throughout the government in relation to all laws, policies and programs, and that the reports on such gender analysis be made widely available to the general public.