Canada's GBA+ framework in a (post)pandemic world: Issues,tensions and paths forward |
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Authors: | Anna I Cameron Lindsay M Tedds |
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Institution: | 1. Research Associate, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada;2. Associate Professor, Department of Economics, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada |
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Abstract: | This article traces the theoretical foundations, evolution, and limitations of Gender-Based Analysis Plus (GBA+), which is the Government of Canada's primary framework for attending to diversity and inclusion in public policy. We argue that GBA+ is, in its current form, inadequate to guide ambitious and transformative policy in the post-pandemic years given four interlocking issues: (1) a weak integration of intersectionality; (2) insufficient attention to the power structures and socio-political context undergirding social relations and policymaking; (3) an instrumental understanding of policy; and (4) a misreading of identity. Drawing on feminist, intersectional and post-structuralist methods, we adjust the GBA+ framework with the aim of addressing the conceptual shortcomings identified in our analysis. Ultimately, we demonstrate how a more explicit engagement with notions of intersectionality, power and policy's instrumental and productive aspects can enrich the ways we think about public policy as both a mechanism and a venue for transformative change. |
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