Gender Justice Women7 Canada
The W7 is a G7 engagement group that provides recommendations to G7 leaders and officials. 63 feminist activists from 20 countries contribute their priorities and perspectives. Eleven Canadian organizations have come together to coordinate the 2025 W7.
Latest W7
Insights & Updates
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Published June 18, 2025
W7 reactive on G7 Leaders Summit
As the G7 Leaders Summit comes to an end in Kananaskis, Alberta, the Women’s 7 (W7) is disappointed with the lack of progress on key priorities identified in its Communique. The world needed the G7 to stand up in defense of rights, democracy and peace. Instead G7 leaders demonstrated little vision or ambition to tackle urgent crises.
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Published June 10, 2025
Women 7 (W7) Urge Action on Rights, Climate, and Gender Justice Ahead of G7 Summit in Kananaskis.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, June 10th, 2025 Women 7 (W7) Urge Action on Rights, Climate, and Gender Justice Ahead of G7 Summit in Kananaskis. Ottawa, ON – Just days ahead of the G7 Leaders’ Summit in Kananaskis, Alberta, the Women 7 (W7), the official G7 engagement group representing feminist civil society worldwide, has issued an […]
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Published June 09, 2025
Centering Climate in all Discussions:A Call for a Gender-Just Climate Agenda
To be effective, G7 climate leadership must be cross-cutting and grounded in gender justice. This policy brief provides a call to action to G7 leaders to tackle the climate emergency comprehensively, while centering a gender-just transition.
Areas for Gender Justice Recommendations
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AI & Emerging technologies
Ensure gender justice in tech development and regulation to eliminate bias, discrimination and violence
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Climate Crisis
Take meaningful action to achieve just and gender-transformatory solutions to the climate catastrophe
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Democracy
Strengthen democracies, human rights, and feminist movements, building an effective response to the actors seeking to rollback the rights of women and 2SLGBTIQ+ people.
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Economic Resilience
Build economies that prioritize human rights and promote democratic global economic decision-making.
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Gender Justice
Remove all barriers to equal rights, ensuring gender-informed policies, ending GBV, closing resource and opportunity gaps, and promoting leadership for women and diverse people.
W7 Canada Organising Committee
| Organisation | Committee Member |
|---|---|
| Action Canada for Sexual Health and Rights | Debbie Owusu-Akyeeahi |
| Canadian Labour Congress | Bilan Arte |
| Canadian Labour Congress | Vicky Smallman |
| Canadian Women's Foundation | Karen Campbell |
| Equality Fund | Sophie Efange |
| Equitas - International Center for Human Rights Education | Odette McCarthy |
| Feminist Foreign Policy Collaborative | Beth Woroniuk |
| Mines Action Canada | Erin Hunt |
| National Association of Friendship Centres | Kara Louttit |
| Nobel Women's Initiative | Muzna Dureid |
| Oxfam Canada | Diana Sarosi |
| Oxfam Canada | Laveza Khan |
| Women’s Shelters Canada | Anuradha Dugal |