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Title:

Gender Equality Systemic Change Project Kamloops

Agreement Number:

BC21409

Agreement Value:

$300,000.00

Agreement Date:

Oct 8, 2021 - Aug 6, 2023

Description:

This 29-month project will support a feminist response and recovery from the current impacts of COVID-19, through systemic change. Kamloops and District Elizabeth Fry Society will achieve this by building a roundtable of community partners, creating a GBA+ informed report on local systemic barriers for gender equality and needs in the women serving sector, addressing needs through community collaboration, enhancing community-based research, and delivering an awareness campaign. At the end of the project, the organization will have contributed to addressing systemic barriers by increasing networks and collaboration to accelerate systemic change, advancing inclusive policies and practices, and addressing persistent harmful gender norms and attitudes to support women’s equality. The project will create a developmental evaluation framework to measure success, and a workshop curriculum that will be launched through an awareness campaign to contribute to systemic change. Key partners Kamloops Sexual Assault Counselling Centre and Kamloops Y Women’s Emergency Shelter will provide project leadership through the roundtable, which will reflect a full feminist intersectional range of organizations from the community, including immigrant serving, disability support services, LGBTQ2A+, and First Nations.

Organization:

Women and Gender Equality Canada

Expected Results:

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

Location:

Kamloops, British Columbia, CA V2C 2H6

Reference Number:

001-2021-2022-Q3-00024

Agreement Type:

Contribution

Report Type:

Grants and Contributions

Recipient Type:

Not-for-profit organization or charity

Recipient's Legal Name:

Kamloops and District Elizabeth Fry Society

Program:

Women's Program

Program Purpose:

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.