Grants and Contributions:

HER Power: Creating Leadership Opportunities for Women Living with Disabilities

WP230570

$455,871.00

Jul 15, 2024 - Mar 31, 2027

Through this 33-month systemic change project, Women’s Multicultural Resource and Counselling Centre of Durham (WMRCC) will help advance women’s economic security and prosperity through systemic change. Specifically, the project will increase leadership and economic advancement opportunities for women living with disabilities by improving employers’ understanding and implementation of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion policies and practices. The project will 1) conduct needs assessments and gather data on the barriers faced by women with disabilities in Durham and the GTA; 2) implement a networking and mentorship program designed to advance leadership opportunities for women with disabilities; 3) establish a network of male allies through community dialogues and consultations; and 4) deliver DEI training informed by a feminist disability perspective to organizations in Durham and the GTA. An external evaluator will measure and assess the impact of the systemic change project.

Women and Gender Equality Canada

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

Pickering, Ontario, CA L1V 6P7

001-2024-2025-Q2-00167

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Grants and Contributions

Not-for-profit organization or charity

Women's Multicultural Resource and Counselling Centre of Durham (WMRCC)

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.