Last summer we carried out the consultations with Minister Hajdu on the gender-based violence strategy, where we went across the country and heard from experts and stakeholders and survivors, which is informing our federal strategy on gender-based violence. We also participated in the pre-inquiry on the murdered and missing indigenous women and girls. The pre-inquiry consultations with the three ministers who went across the country—Ministers Bennett, Hajdu, and Wilson-Raybould— are examples of some consultations.
We consult with, for example, experts and stakeholders on the data-gathering part that we're working on as part of the federal strategy. Last September we had a two-day consultation with some of the leading experts and stakeholders. For the gender statement that was in the budget, we held initial pre-budget consultations, and there's a plan moving forward in terms of improving the gender-based statement for the next budget. We also have the women's program evaluation, where every program is evaluated every five years, so we've consulted with over 700 people on the women's program in terms of what's working and what's not working from the stakeholders' perspective. Those are the kinds of consultations that Status of Women Canada does.
We also do international consultations. For example, at the UNCSW, we're meeting with groups; we're meeting with other countries. The minister referred to the American states. We had a consultation with other countries from the American states, which was a first. There are all these various ways that we consult.