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Title:

Makeover: Women’s Leadership Co-Creation Studio Advancing Equitable Nonprofit Sector Change /

Agreement Number:

NA21167

Agreement Value:

$295,300.00

Agreement Date:

Jan 1, 2022 - Mar 31, 2023

Description:

This 15-month project will support a feminist response and recovery from the current impacts of COVID-19, through systemic change. Capacity Canada will achieve this by addressing systemic barriers that prevent women from accessing leadership roles in services delivery and governance within not-for-profit organizations. The organization will engage a broad spectrum of underrepresented women's voices by completing a Waterloo region environmental scan, conduct design sprints, and co-design community-based identified resource solutions. These tools aim to improve hiring and governance policies and practices, and advance women’s inclusion within the not-for profit sector. An outreach and advocacy communication campaign will also be developed and implemented to support women’s engagement, advocate for change, raise awareness and disseminate findings to relevant 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, increasing networks and collaboration to accelerate systemic change, supporting positive distribution of authority, voices, and decision-making power of underrepresented women within the not-for-profit sector, and finally addressing persistent harmful gender norms and attitudes to support women’s equality.

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:

Waterloo, Ontario, CA N2L 6R5

Reference Number:

001-2021-2022-Q3-00069

Agreement Type:

Contribution

Report Type:

Grants and Contributions

Recipient Type:

Not-for-profit organization or charity

Recipient's Legal Name:

Capacity Canada

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.