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2011-2015 government action plan on gender equality
Where
Canada
Canada
When
2016
2016
Who
The scf, the ministère de la culture et des communications, the ministère de l'education et de i'enseignement supérieur, the ministère des finances du québec, the secrétariat aux emplois supérieurs
The scf, the ministère de la culture et des communications, the ministère de l'education et de i'enseignement supérieur, the ministère des finances du québec, the secrétariat aux emplois supérieurs
Description of the policy/measure
Several measures included in the 2011-2015 governmental action plan are directly or indirectly related to culture. the following are examples of some of the measures:- measure 4: make a directory of cultural-educational resources free of sexual and sexist stereotypes available to specialists and resource persons: the purpose of this measure is to ensure that the repertoire de ressources culture-education offers young people in elementary and secondary school cultural activities that are free of sexual or sexist stereotypes.- measure 17: annually disseminate a cultural piece for creators to promote equal models and behaviour: the purpose of this measure is to encourage artists from various sectors to create a work of art to convey egalitarian behaviour and models and then disseminate those works of art throughout the population and to targeted groups of young people.- measure 89: achieve parity among women and men on the boards of directors of state-owned enterprises and ensure that parity is maintained: the objective of this measure is to ensure compliance with the act respecting the governance of state-owned enterprises, which set the deadline to achieve parity among men and women on boards of directors for all state-owned enterprises for december 14, 2011, and that also stipulated that this parity must be maintained from that date forward.
2005 Convention Monitoring Framework Goal(s)
Area(s) of Monitoring
Results achieved
The following results were achieved for each of the measures. for full results, see the report on the government action plan on gender equality (link available in french only). measure4:- a gender-based analysis of cultural activities for young people in the repertoire de ressources cultureeducation was carried out;- a new evaluation criterion was introduced for artists' and writer's projects in order to offer activities free of sexual or sexist stereotypes;- the jury took this criterion into consideration in their work. measure 17:- 17 pieces on the theme of gender equality were disseminated as part of the l'egalite a l'reuvre (link available in french only) competition, including 11 two-dimensional pieces, three short films and three songs. measure89:- in 2012, of the 60 large corporations targeted by the strategy, women made up 18.8% of boards of directors, while in 2013, women represented 20.2% of those boards. those corporations notably included the conseil des arts et des lettres du quebec and bibliotheque et archives nationales du quebec.