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Title:

Broadening the Circle: 2SLGBTQQIA+ Systemic Change in Yukon Women's Organizations

Agreement Number:

YT21587

Agreement Value:

$552,205.00

Agreement Date:

Oct 8, 2021 - Mar 31, 2024

Description:

This 30-month project will support a feminist response and recovery to adress the current impacts of COVID-19, through systemic change. Queer Yukon Society will achieve this by developing educational resources and a resource database, strengthening and increasing regional network collaboration, engaging women, girls and gender diverse peoples with lived experiences who have needed to access support services, and incorporating focus groups and surveys to identify and change discriminatory policies within community organizations. 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, increasing networks and collaboration to accelerate systemic change and addressing persistent harmful gender norms and attitudes to support women's equality. This project will host 10 focus groups, 15 individual interviews, and three annual surveys with the clients of Yukon Women’s Organizations that will inform an annual action plan on LGBTQIA2S+ issues for women’s organizations in the Yukon to address harmful systemic homophobic and transphobic policies. Partnerships with Yukon Women’s Coalition, Yukon Status of Women Council and Victoria Faulkner Women’s Centre will be enhanced, and in-tandem, community-based approaches will be implemented to address challenges and reduce gender discrimination.

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:

Whitehorse, Yukon, CA Y1A 5N6

Reference Number:

001-2021-2022-Q3-00164

Agreement Type:

Contribution

Report Type:

Grants and Contributions

Recipient Type:

Not-for-profit organization or charity

Recipient's Legal Name:

Queer Yukon 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.