Recommendation: The Committee recommends that Status of Women Canada, working through its federal/provincial/territorial relationships, encourage provincial and territorial officials responsible for education to continue to ensure that curricula reflect current and emerging global economic realities.

Recommendation: The Committee recommends that Status of Women Canada continue to contribute to projects that address girls and young women who are multiply disadvantaged, and investigate ways to increase the number of projects with this focus.

Recommendation: The Committee recommends that Status of Women Canada sustain its support for programs that create safe spaces for girls, particularly with respect to preventing and addressing the violence they face in schools and in the workplace.

Recommendation: The Committee recommends that Status of Women Canada support the safety of girls through:

• Its work with its interdepartmental and intergovernmental partners toward greater coordination of policies on gender-based violence;
• funding for projects, which may include the engagement of men and boys, that target the development of healthy relationships; and..
• sustaining funding for programs that increase the awareness and exercise of girls’ human rights.

Recommendation: The Committee recommends that Status of Women Canada work with Treasury Board to ensure that gender-based analysis within departments and agencies take into account policy impacts on women and girls in remote and isolated communities.

Recommendation: The Committee recommends that Status of Women Canada continue to work with appropriate federal departments and agencies with respect to encouraging the gender-based analysis of economic development programs, particularly those targeted to Aboriginal peoples and communities.

Recommendation: The Committee recommends that Status of Women Canada continue to encourage the development of the capacity of Aboriginal girls, and consider a specific focus in its funding program on improving their access to existing education and training programs.

Recommendation: The Committee recommends that Status of Women Canada support community organizations working with girls in newcomer families to assess how they can best be integrated into the social and economic activities of Canada, to share promising practices, and to encourage replication of successful projects.

Recommendation: The Committee recommends that Status of Women Canada work with Treasury Board to ensure that gender-based analysis take into account the particular needs of girls and young women with disabilities.

Recommendation: The Committee recommends that Status of Women Canada support initiatives with a particular focus on the development of financial literacy, including projects that target Aboriginal girls and girls in other marginalized groups including minority language groups.

Recommendation: The Committee recommends that Status of Women Canada work with private-sector partners to encourage the development of mentorships and other mechanisms by which girls can achieve economic prosperity.

Recommendation: To support and encourage the increased participation of girls in non-traditional employment, the Committee recommends that Status of Women Canada:

• support the development of awareness campaigns about non-traditional careers directed at girls; and
• invest in science, technology, engineering, and math outreach programming with the goal of developing science literacy and engaging girls at a young age.

Recommendation: The Committee recommends that Status of Women Canada encourage the development of a curriculum to teach girls salary negotiation skills.

Recommendation: The Committee recommends that Status of Women Canada continue to offer support for projects that encourage the development of skills that equip young women for leadership positions in the labour force.

Recommendation: The Committee recommends that Status of Women Canada support Aboriginal organizations to create opportunities for young Aboriginal women to develop and exercise leadership skills.

Recommendation: The Committee recommends that Status of Women Canada continue to support initiatives and projects that provide spaces for girls to develop their self-esteem and self-confidence.

Recommendation: The Committee recommends that Status of Women Canada find ways to disseminate stories of successful women and the skills they needed to achieve economic success.