Help Women Advance in Leadership Roles

Significant Progress

Way Forward Commitment:

Women are greatly under-represented in all types of leadership roles, including managerial positions, in politics and on boards. The province loses an opportunity for valuable insight and expertise when women do not meaningfully participate in, or are excluded from, leadership opportunities. In 2018-19, to address this important issue, our government will:

  • Implement a government-community leadership initiative that seeks to increase the number of women in leadership roles; and
  • Host a conference on the status of women in Newfoundland and Labrador that facilitates knowledge sharing and mentorship.

What We’ve Accomplished:

  • Over the past several months, in collaboration with the Public Engagement Division, the Women’s Policy Office has undertaken a series of engagement sessions with a number of stakeholders in the community as a means to inform the next steps in women in leadership in Newfoundland and Labrador. The engagement was inclusive in design and targeted a broad range of stakeholders including those from community, business, labour, youth, as well as representatives from Indigenous Governments and Organizations. Feedback is being used to inform an initiative which aims to increase women in leadership roles in Newfoundland and Labrador.
  • Planning is underway for a women in leadership-related event to be held in the coming months. Details will be released as they are confirmed.