Global Affairs Canada has no sense of whether development aid meant to help women and girls abroad is actually advancing gender equity, according to an audit tabled in Parliament on Monday morning.
Minister of Foreign Affairs Melanie Joly arrives to a caucus meeting on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Wednesday, March 22, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean KilpatrickGlobal Affairs Canada has no sense of whether development aid meant to help women and girls abroad is actually advancing gender equity, according to an"It was highly problematic that critical information, such as project progress reports, could not be readily found," reads a report by auditor general Karen Hogan.
"Some of the required information had been stored on computers of staff who had since left the department, so officials were unable to find the required information," the report says.Last year, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development ranked Canada and Iceland first for their spending on foreign aid that contributes to gender equality.
In one case, this saw the department assessing how many people received food but not whether their health had improved. "While individual project files included useful information, because of the weaknesses in information management practices … this information was not being rolled up and used at the departmental level," the audit says.
Yet the auditor warns this is coming at the expense of meeting another target, which is to have at least 15 per cent of project funding directly target the empowerment of women and girls, instead of just including them in projects.
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