Canadian Women's Foundation / Fondation canadienne des femmes
Registration:
7
of
18
(2021-07-09
to
2021-08-06)
Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit
- Meetings with ESDC staff regarding Investment Readiness Program funding extension from 2021 to 2023
- Meetings with WAGE regarding budget 2021 submission & funding opportunities
- Public legal education and information
- Seeking funding through Ministry of Employment and Social Development Canada to support women's groups' capacity to increase women's economic empowerment, through social innovation and social finance
- Supported the delivery of funding to gender-based violence (GBV) organizations in partnership with WAGE
Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit, Policies or Program
- Request to extend and renew Investment Readiness Program with ESDC
Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
- Federal Budget 2019 - provided recommendations to increase funding to women's groups
- National Action Plan on GBV - supported detailed call for new bill, implementation process and funding to promote new strategies to end GBV
- Recommending that government respond to #MeToo with specific funding to establish more services in Budget 2019
- Seeking change to labour standards regarding domestic violence in the workplace
- Sought and supported calls for gun control measures
- Submission for Budget 2021 - support calls to MMIWG, invest $2b in national childcare, $500M in gender based violence programs, $20M in Inuit women shelters, $50M to Canadian Women's Foundation, $400M to diverse women's groups, renew the Investment Readiness Program for 2 years
- Supported calls for changes in legislation regarding Indigenous women & Bill S-3
Policies or Program
- Encouraged federal government to ensure that judges were trained regularly on the subject of sexual assault
- Encouraged federal government to take steps to end violence against women, to build economic prosperity for women, to promote diverse leadership, and to take part in a federal debate on women's issues with other parties.
- Gave advice and information to Pay Equity Commissioner on research, and implementation of pay equity measures
- Implementation of the Calls for Justice from the Report on the Inquiry into Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women and Girls
- Increasing the amount of funding provided to women groups to increase women's economic empowerment
- Provided briefs, reports, advice and input on the gendered response to COVID-19 pandemic
- Seeking the implementation of increased victim services to address needs
- Submitted a request calling for a Plan of Action for MMIWG and implementation of those Calls to Justice and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's Calls to Action
- Suggested changes to employment conditions for migrant workers, especially those involved in the care economy during the pandemic
- Supporting request to have capacity building grants by WAGE reallocated to operational funding for grantees
Regulation
- Gave advice, asking for changes in CRA regulation of charities, especially for public foundations like CWF to be able to fund non-qualified donees
- Seeking additional and more targeted training and research related to implementation of Bill c-65, and on pay equity.