A targeted approach involves taking measures to meet specific identified needs, or to prevent a group from being negatively affected by a policy, program or initiative.

Throughout history, diverse groups of women and men have faced both formal and social barriers and disadvantages in particular societies, based on gender, ethnicity, religion, age, and so on. Historical disadvantage refers to this systemic circumstance or condition.

Gender neutral refers to programs, policy and language that are free of explicit or implicit reference to gender or sex.

Ability consists of the possession of the means or skill to do something. In the context of GBA+, ability constitutes an important factor of identity that should be taken into account during the policy process. Those with constrained mental or physical abilities may require special consideration when designing a policy, program or initiative.

Assumptions consist of beliefs or ideas that individuals hold to be true and are often based on little or no evidence.

Barriers are those things that prevent movement, or make access to a service more difficult for certain groups and individuals. Barriers exist at different levels, and may be personal, cultural, institutional and structural.

The United Nations held the fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing in September 1995. The Beijing Platform for Action marked the first major global commitment to “gender mainstreaming” (see definition) as a way to accelerate women's empowerment and end gender discrimination. The declaration cites the commitment among governments to advanc [..]

Within the Government of Canada, the Privy Council Office (PCO), the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat (TBS) and the Department of Finance (FIN) are known as the central agencies. The central agencies play a “challenge function” role for the application GBA+ across government and may request evidence of GBA+ in documents going to Cabinet for app [..]

Disaggregated data refers to data broken down by age, race, ethnicity, income, education, etc. This is sometimes referred to as gender-disaggregated data.

Discrimination refers to exclusion, prejudice or restriction of opportunity because of one’s belonging to a category of people or things (e.g. gender, disability, religion, age, ethnicity, etc.)