Editorial Fellowship: Women’s Economic Resilience
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Editorial Fellowship: Women’s Economic Resilience
About This Series
Women in Canada have felt some of the most severe economic disruptions throughout COVID-19 – and the overall economic impacts will be felt for years to come. With the leadership of Scotiabank supporting this fellowship series, we’ll be diving into what it takes to prioritize women’s economic resilience and why this is essential to consider if we want to recover from the pandemic, profiling people and initiatives driving women’s economic resilience as communities rebuild.
Here’s how to better support women living on low income, according to Families Canada
Even though Canada has award-winning financial literacy programs, they are not fully accessible to many women living on low incomes
Proponents of gender-lens investing say it’s a solution to economic inequality. But does it really shift the status quo?
A GenderSmart report found that 71 per cent of their investors’ community chose to focus on women’s financial and digital inclusion to get them back into the markets
Canada could decriminalize sex work — here’s how it could help support organizations get more funding
Sex workers are vulnerable to poverty and violence because of Canada’s laws and the stigma around their work
Organizations call for more aid to Afghanistan, amidst a crisis for women and girls
The sanctions against Afghanistan has caused an estimated $84.5 million worth of aid resources and projects with delivery challenges
Five years on, Canada’s Feminist International Assistance Policy is still not fully implemented. What now?
“If it truly wants to be feminist, then that can’t be something that you kind of put into your programming. It has to be front and centre as part of the agenda that we deliver worldwide.”
YWCA launches Canada’s first national immediate financial support fund for survivors of domestic violence
“How are we going to end gender-based violence all together so that survivors don’t need this kind of funding or support?”
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