2019-20 Departmental Plan - Supplementary Information Tables
Gender-based analysis plus
General information
Governance structures
Justice Canada’s renewed Gender-Based Analysis plus (GBA+) Policy (2017) reaffirms its dedication to ensuring that its activities help foster fair outcomes for diverse groups of women, men and people with other gender identities. To help ensure that GBA+ is integrated into decision-making processes, the Policy:
- Requires officials in all parts of the Department to follow GBA+ training, to apply GBA+ and to ensure that their work considers and reflects the diverse needs of different groups of people.
- Provides guiding principles for GBA+ - that it be integrated and systematic, evidence-based, and cognizant of evolving social norms.
- Recommends that GBA+ be conducted throughout key stages of initiatives and that these analyses and impacts on initiatives be clearly documented.
- Sets out clear accountabilities and responsibilities for all officials. Assistant Deputy Ministers are responsible for ensuring their officials take GBA+ training and integrate GBA+ in their work.
The Department’s core Memoranda to Cabinet (MC) process and Common Considerations Checklist include GBA+ and further support its integration in decision-making. Updates on GBA+ and implementation of the Justice Canada Policy are provided periodically to the Department’s senior governance bodies.
Human resources
Justice Canada operates a GBA+ Unit (3 FTEs in 2019-2020) led by the Policy Sector as well as a departmental GBA+ Action Team (approximately 12 members) which advises on GBA+ progress, activities and tools, and helps raise awareness of GBA+ across the Department.
Planned initiatives
Work is underway on possible new indicators of progress on GBA+ implementation, with a focus on improved incorporation of GBA+ in Cabinet Documents and gender budgeting processes. Plans for 2019-2020 also include further awareness-raising, training, monitoring and reporting on GBA+ implementation.
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