Grants and Contributions:

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Title:

Support for Women’s Empowerment (Theme 1: Empowering Women for Political Action)

Agreement Number:

NB16030-01

Agreement Value:

$20,000.00

Agreement Date:

Apr 12, 2017 -

Organization:

Status of Women Canada

Location:

Moncton, New Brunswick, CA

Reference Number:

GC-2017-Q1-003

Agreement Type:

Grant

Report Type:

Grants and Contributions

Recipient Business Number:

633532

Additional Information:

Supplement to a multi-year project

Recipient's Legal Name:

Regroupement féministe du Nouveau-Brunswick inc.

Program:

Women's Program

Program Purpose:

This 36-month project will influence the recruitment and appointment practices of New Brunswick’s political parties in order to increase women’s accessibility to elected positions. Women politicians and stakeholders from political parties, provincial institutions, universities, and community organizations will be engaged as part of a social innovation laboratory to examine barriers contributing to the under-representation of women in politics in order to identify promising solutions. Sustainable guidelines and mechanisms will be developed and integrated in action plans implemented within each political party in order to improve their recruitment and appointment practices.
Supplemental funding has been provided to include the participation of a women leader to the pan-Canadian network of women leaders under the Funding to Advance Gender Equality call for proposals.