Global Compact Network Canada

Purpose

This 31-month project will support a feminist response and recovery from the impacts of COVID-19 through systemic change. Global Compact Network Canada (GCNC) will achieve this by designing and implementing policies and practices to increase women’s labour market participation and opportunities while addressing discriminatory legislation, policies, and/or practices that prevent women and/or girls from fully participating in the social, political, and economic life in Canada. At the end of the project, the organization will have contributed to addressing systemic barriers to advancing gender equality through the advancement of inclusive policies and practices, increased networks and collaboration to accelerate systemic change, and addressing persistent harmful gender norms and attitudes to advance women’s equality in Canada. This project will amplify the voices of women, diverse individuals, and underrepresented groups, while creating diverse and inclusive workspaces that are more adaptive and responsive during periods of global crisis. By employing a GBA+ framework to guide the project, GCNC will engage with private sector partners to develop and test gender responsive solutions to systemic barriers to gender equality in the Canadian private sector. Activities will include identifying systemic barriers and challenges facing women, diverse individuals and underrepresented groups in the Canadian private sector, developing case studies highlighting best practices among private sector companies, testing a gender equality pilot program among private sector companies, developing and launching a gender equality toolkit for private sector companies, and evaluating impact of the project on contributing to systemic change in the private sector.