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Title:

Addressing Systemic Barriers for Immigrant Women focused on Sustainability of Businesses and/or Employment

Agreement Number:

NL21214

Agreement Value:

$245,043.00

Agreement Date:

Sep 20, 2021 - Mar 31, 2024

Description:

This 30-month project will support a feminist response and recovery from the current impacts of COVID-19 through systemic change. The Collective Interchange Co-operative will achieve this by engaging stakeholders, assessing the capacity of services and raise awareness on barriers immigrant women experience, designing and delivering a pilot project and, sharing knowledge and delivering professional development activities for community stakeholders. At the end of the project, the organization will have contributed to addressing systemic barriers by advancing inclusive policies and practices, encouraging more equitable and effective sharing of resources, supporting positive distribution of authority, voices, and decision-making power and increasing networks and collaboration to accelerate systemic change to support women’s equality. The experience and knowledge of community partners, stakeholders and immigrant women will be utilized to connect and provide support to immigrant women facing challenges navigating the Canadian work environment. This initiative will help immigrant women make informed decisions while addressing economic and social systemic barriers with services and programs heightened by the COVID-19 pandemic.

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:

Mount Peral, Newfoundland & Labrador, CA A1N 3C4

Reference Number:

001-2021-2022-Q3-00100

Agreement Type:

Contribution

Report Type:

Grants and Contributions

Recipient Type:

Not-for-profit organization or charity

Recipient's Legal Name:

Collective Interchange Co-operative

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.