Grants and Contributions:

Addressing Systemic Barriers Limiting Black Women From Equitably Accessing and Participating in Resilient Tech Jobs

BC21105

$167,176.00

Nov 1, 2021 - Mar 31, 2024

This 29-month project will support a feminist response and recovery from the current impacts of COVID-19 through systemic change. Black Women Business Network will achieve this by increasing the economic security and prosperity of Black women and girls in BC and Alberta by addressing systemic barriers limiting them from equitably accessing and participating in high-paying resilient technology jobs. At the end of this project, the organization will have contributed to addressing systemic barriers by advancing inclusive policies and practices, increasing networks collaboration to accelerate systemic change, and addressing persistent harmful gender norms and attitudes to support women's equality. This project will complete a technology, employment, and skills research map that will engage stakeholders and identify root causes to barriers, raise awareness and develop collaborative measures for implementing prioritized interventions, key partners include: Black Girls Collective, the Voice, Women Who Code, BCIT, HelpAide and WorkBC. Supplemental funds will be used to establish a Black Women in Tech Hub (BWTH) to promote the inclusive and sustainable employment of Black women in the Tech sector by enabling access to resources and information, networking and collaboration amend black women with tech employers, linkages to employers, jobs and productive employment, employers support and tech capacity building. The hub will be a one-stop tool for Black women entering and seeking to transition into the Tech sector.

Women and Gender Equality Canada

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

Surrey, British Columbia, CA V3Z 1H4

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Contribution

Grants and Contributions

Not-for-profit organization or charity

Sep 7, 2023

Black Women Business Network

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.