Canada’s National Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security

The Government of Canada has delivered its third National Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security (2023 to 2029): Foundations for Peace: Canada’s National Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security.

• Foundations for Peace: Canada’s National Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security – 2023 to 2029
• Implementation plans and progress reports

Designed for Impact

Foundations for Peace: Canada’s National Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security brings federal partners together to work strategically, effectively and flexibly on 6 focus areas, selected because of their responsiveness to existing needs and the potential for Canadian leadership to have transformative impacts.

1. Building and sustaining peace: focuses on increasing support for women and gender-diverse peacebuilders and human rights defenders, women’s rights organizations and feminist movements to carry out their work
2. Security, justice and accountability: focuses on improving security, justice and accountability for all―particularly women, girls and gender-diverse people―in Canada and abroad
3. Crisis response: focuses on ensuring that the needs of women, girls and gender-diverse people are addressed in the Government of Canada’s responses to peace and security-focused crises in Canada and abroad
4. Sexual and gender-based violence: focuses on reducing sexual and gender-based violence―including online―in conflict, post-conflict and humanitarian contexts, and ensuring perpetrators are held accountable (including actors working in peace, humanitarian, international development and security sectors in Canada or abroad)
5. Leadership and capabilities: focuses on strengthening the capabilities of the Government of Canada and its partners to fully implement the action plan and ensuring Canada is a recognized leader and trusted partner in advancing the WPS agenda
6. Inclusion: focuses on meaningfully integrating diverse, intersectional and anti-racist perspectives throughout all of the Government of Canada’s efforts on women, peace and security

Partnerships

This action plan is comprised of an overarching framework and implementation plans, or statements of support, by all 10 federal partners:

• Canadian Armed Forces and Department of National Defence
• Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada
• Department of Justice Canada
• Global Affairs Canada
• Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada
• Indigenous Services Canada
• Public Safety Canada (with contributions from the Correctional Service of Canada)
• Royal Canadian Mounted Police
• Veterans Affairs Canada
• Women and Gender Equality Canada

Foundations for Peace: Canada’s National Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security was developed with the guidance of peacebuilders in Canada and around the world, whose leadership remains indispensable. The Government of Canada will continue its formalized partnership with civil society through the national action plan advisory group, co-chaired with the Women, Peace and Security Network-Canada. The Government of Canada will also continue to diversify and increase its engagement with civil society representatives and Indigenous Peoples.

Monitoring and Reporting

Foundations for Peace: Canada’s National Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security has developed a robust monitoring, evaluation and learning framework informed by feminist approaches, to ensure the Government of Canada demonstrates the effects of its efforts. This is a critical accountability and learning tool and will allow for pivoting in response to emerging issues. Civil society and external stakeholders also play an important role in this accountability process. By reporting publicly on successes and challenges, the Government of Canada strives to have an open dialogue with stakeholders in Canada and around the world on the implementation of Foundations for Peace: Canada’s National Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security.