Grants and Contributions:

Building Capacity for Urban Indigenous Women in Leadership

AN18658

$150,000.00

Apr 1, 2020 - Mar 31, 2023

This 36-month project will address organizational capacity needs to allow the National Association of Friendship Centres and its members to continue promoting social and systemic change towards gender equality. A series of activities will be undertaken to build national, provincial/territorial and local capacity, including through training and research to guide the creation of resource manuals that share best practices on leadership, board governance, Indigenous-specific gender-based analysis and partnership development, collaboration and networking and strategic planning. These activities will particularly target the Indigenous women leaders that make up 70 per cent of friendship centres directors in Canada and will maintain supports through the development of an urban Indigenous women’s leadership network. The additional funds will be used for strategic planning for their capacity building project.

Women and Gender Equality Canada

Women and stakeholders have access to supports to address issues relating to equality between women and men.

Ottawa, Ontario, CA K2P 0L9

001-2020-2021-Q4-00008

Contribution

Grants and Contributions

Indigenous recipients

Mar 10, 2021

National Association of Friendship Centres

Women's Program

The purpose of the Women’s Program is to advance equality for women in Canada by working to address or remove systemic barriers impeding women’s progress and advancement. The WP supports the Government of Canada’s goal of advancing gender equality in Canada. It is consistent with Government of Canada priorities related to economic prosperity, and supports Canada’s international commitments related to gender equality.