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Title:

Women’s Leadership Collective for nature and climate action

Agreement Number:

BC21459

Agreement Value:

$500,000.00

Agreement Date:

Nov 1, 2021 - Mar 31, 2024

Description:

This 29-month project will support a feminist response and recovery to address the current impacts of COVID-19, through systemic change. MakeWay Foundation will achieve this by creating additional system-change leadership cohorts to amplify nature and climate action interventions led by women, supporting a collaborative fund to support women-led climate action initiatives, developing a webinar series that profiles system change efforts from women and black, Indigenous, people of color (BIPOC) perspectives, and evaluating project impact. At the end of the project, the organization will have contributed to addressing systemic barriers by encouraging more equitable and effective sharing of resources, increasing networks and collaboration to accelerate systemic change, and supporting positive distribution of authority, voices, and decision-making power. The project will build and enhance partnerships with the Systems Sanctuary, McConnell Foundation, and Sacred Earth Solar to increase peer support and collaboration for 100 women across seven cohorts for shared learning and action. One cohort will be exclusively BIPOC leaders on the frontline of the climate movement. By the end of the project minimum of 10 small grants will be disbursed to women leading initiatives to tackle nature, climate, and inequality crisis using an intersectional lens."

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:

Vancouver, British Columbia, CA V6B 1H5

Reference Number:

001-2021-2022-Q3-00026

Agreement Type:

Contribution

Report Type:

Grants and Contributions

Recipient Type:

Not-for-profit organization or charity

Recipient's Legal Name:

MakeWay Foundation

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.