Canada's Response to the UN Questionnaire to Governments on Implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action (1995) and the Outcome of the Twenty-Third Special Session of the General Assembly (2000)

This document is a report prepared as an update on measures taken by the Canadian government to implement the Beijing Platform for Action. It describes steps taken by provincial and federal governments since the adoption of the Platform in 1995 and an analysis of the status of gender equality in Canada according to employment trends and sociological data available. The bulk of the document is devoted to examining federal government measures to address the Platform's areas of concern, including: women and poverty, education and training of women, women and health, violence against women, women and armed conflict, and the human rights of women. The document also describes Canadian mechanisms for advancing women's rights. [Descriptors: Applying Human Rights Law - Domestic, Canada]