Women and Gender Equality Canada
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Women and Gender Equality Canada (WAGE; French: Femmes et Égalité des genres Canada (FEGC)), known as Status of Women Canada from 1976 to 2018, is a department of the Government of Canada. Previously an agency under the Department of Canadian Heritage, it gained department status after a vote in December 2018 passed the Budget Implementation Act, 2018, No. 2,[2] which included legislation in favour of evolving the agency into a department and increasing its power, duties, and functions to those concerning not just women, but all gender identities.[3] The purpose of the department is to "advance equality with respect to sex, sexual orientation, and gender identity or expression through the inclusion of people of all genders, including women, in Canada's economic, social, and political life" as well as the intersection of these with other identities such as ethnicity, age, socio-economic level, disability, and others. The department partners with other areas of government, both federal and provincial, as well as civil and private organizations in order to achieve this.[4] It is currently headed by the Minister for Women and Gender Equality, Marci Ien.[5]
Femmes et Égalité des genres Canada | |
Department overview | |
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Formed | 1976 |
Jurisdiction | Government of Canada |
Employees | 181 (March 2019) |
Annual budget | $72.1 million CAD (2018–19) |
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Parent department | Full department status (2018–present) Canadian Heritage (1971–2018) |
Website | women-gender-equality |
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