The 2022 Federal Budget says that 44% of its investments are gender neutral, 42% benefit men more than women, and just 14% benefit women more than men. What this all means can be a bit confusing. Why should we look at the budget with a critical lens, and can it really move the needle on gender justice? Ann Decter, Senior Director of Community Initiatives and Policy at the Canadian Women’s Foundation, provides helpful explanations, starting with the basics: what, why, and how.
In her work at the Foundation, Ann focuses on a transformative intersectional response to the gendered economic impacts of the pandemic as well as on advancing social enterprise in the women’s sector. Ann joined the Foundation in 2018 after a decade as Director of Policy and Advocacy at YWCA Canada, where she founded a women’s housing advocacy campaign that led to the commitment of 25% of Canada’s National Housing Strategy to programs and services for women and girls.
Watch "How Feminist is the federal budget" on the Canadian Women's Foundation's YouTube channel. In this panel, cohosted by the Foundation and Oxfam Canada, feminist leaders provide an enlightening analysis of what the budget does and doesn’t achieve for the goal of gender justice.
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