News and Events
- Empowering Women and Gender-Diverse Advocates for Climate ResiliencyParticipant Recruitment Form
- Jun 25 2024
- We are accepting 40 participants from across PEI who are passionate about making large-scale changes to help our environment.
- Request for Proposals: Workshop Facilitation Empowering Women Advocates for Climate Resiliency: Facilitation of 5 Workshops
- Apr 03 2024
- The Coalition is requesting proposals for workshop facilitators.
- Girls & Gender-Diverse Youth ParliamentAPPLICATIONS NOW OPEN
- Dec 19 2023
- The PEI Coalition for Women in Government is pleased to announce our first-ever Girls and Gender-Diverse Youth Parliament taking place in March 2024.
- TFGBV Report Report on the prevalence of TFGBV during the 2023 PEI Provincial election & a policy reccomendation for pei political parties
- Nov 25 2023
- This report aims to serve as a starting point to introduce the topic of technology-facilitated gender-based violence and its direct connection to women’s political participation in Prince Edward Island.
- A Statement from the PEI Coalition for Women in Government Regarding questions asked during the Standing Committee on Health & Social Development October 5th, 2023
- Oct 05 2023
- Request for Proposal: BrandingDeadline EXTENDED: August 23, 2023
- Aug 07 2023
- The Coalition is requesting proposals for brand evaluation and consultation.
PEI in 2023
- 0% of MPs in PEI are women
- 26% of MLAs are women
- 25% of PEI Senators are women
- 50% of Lennox Island Band Council are women
- 25% of Abegweit Band Council members are women
How Does PEI Compare?
Percentage of women in provincial, territorial and national legislatures (2019):
| Rank | Jurisdiction | % of Women in Legislature |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Northwest Territories | 47.3% (9/19) |
| 2 | Quebec | 46.4% (58/125) |
| 3 | British Columbia | 42.4% (37/87) |
| 4 | Yukon | 42.1% (8/19) |
| 5 | Ontario | 37.8% (47/124) |
| CANADA | 30.5% (103/338) | |
| 6 | Alberta | 28.7% (12/58) |
| 7 | Saskatchewan | 27.8% (17/61) |
| 8 | Nova Scotia | 27.2% (15/55) |
| 9 | Nunavut | 27.2% (6/22) |
| 10 | New Brunswick | 26.5% (13/49) |
| 11 | Manitoba | 26.3% (15/57) |
| 12 | Prince Edward Island | 26% (7/27) |
| 13 | Newfoundland and Labrador | 22.5% (9/40) |
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