Grants and Contributions:

Pathways to Leadership

WP240017

$613,476.00

Sep 13, 2024 - Sep 30, 2026

Through this 25-month project, DisAbled Women’s Network Canada (DAWN) will build its capacity to advance gender equality in Canada. It will strengthen DAWN’s ability to drive systemic change by ensuring the continuity and sustainability of its mandate while enhancing its financial management processes, increasing its membership, updating its core feminist disability guide, and deepening its expertise on key policy and human rights areas, specifically to address the needs of women, girls and gender-diverse people with disability. Key activities include conducting an organizational needs assessment and developing and implementing an action plan; conducting an audit of the financial reporting and budget management processes and identifying improvement to be implemented; developing and implementing a strategic recruitment plan; elaborating and disseminating DAWN’s core feminist disability guide; and updating its research on lived experiences and rights of women, girls and gender-diverse individuals with disabilities With the supplement funding and extension provided in early 2026, DAWN will strengthen its capacity as a sector leader to advance systemic change and promote gender equality for disabled and Deaf women, girls, and gender diverse persons. Building on its existing research and partnerships, this additional support will enable DAWN to deepen its impact and enhance long-term sustainability to advance its mission to serve as a leading voice advocating for the rights, inclusion, and wellbeing of women, girls, and gender diverse people with disabilities across Canada.

Women and Gender Equality Canada

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

Montreal, Quebec, CA H3N 1R4

001-2024-2025-Q2-00254

Contribution

Grants and Contributions

Not-for-profit organization or charity

Increase of agreement value, Change of end date

Apr 24, 2026

DisAbled Women's Network Canada

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.