The City of Toronto’s “chief people officer” is asking for $283,132 to hire two permanent full-time staffers for a gender equity unit.
Another $50,000 is needed to do community consultation on gender equity for a total of $333,132, a report to next week’s executive committee says.
“Women, girls, trans and non-binary individuals make up more than 52% of Toronto’s population,” Chief People Officer Omo Akintan says in a report. “Yet they face disproportionately higher rates of violence, greater poverty including more precarious employment, lower wages, religious discrimination based on attire, and are underrepresented in political and professional leadership positions.
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