Canada Test 18
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Women and Gender Equality Canada, formerly Status of Women Canada, is the federal department responsible for advancing equality for women and girls and promoting their full participation in the economic, social, cultural, and political life of the country, and for leading the application of Gender-Based Analysis Plus across the federal government. Gender-Based Analysis Plus, commonly known as GBA Plus, is an analytical process used to assess how policies, programs, and initiatives may affect diverse groups of people differently based on gender and other intersecting identity factors such as race, ethnicity, religion, age, disability, and sexual orientation, with the Plus indicating the expansion of the analysis beyond sex and gender to these additional dimensions of identity. All federal departments and agencies are expected to apply GBA Plus to their policy and program development work, ensuring that the needs and perspectives of diverse groups are considered from the outset rather than addressed as an afterthought, and Women and Gender Equality Canada provides training, tools, and expert advice to support this analytical capacity across government. The department funds community organisations working to advance gender equality and support women and girls facing particular challenges, including Indigenous women, newcomers, women experiencing violence, and women with disabilities, through grants and contributions programs that support a diverse ecosystem of service providers. Canada's feminist international assistance policy, coordinated with Global Affairs Canada, reflects the principle that advancing gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls in developing countries is the most effective approach to reducing poverty and achieving sustainable development. Gender budgeting, incorporated into the federal budget process, applies GBA Plus to resource allocation decisions to ensure that public spending supports gender equality objectives and that the distributional impacts of fiscal decisions on different population groups are explicitly considered and reported to Parliament.