Contribution: Women's Program
University of Guelph
$682,776.00
Building Leadership among Women and Girls with Disabilities: Canadian Feminist Disability Coalition
EF 2021-22 · 2021-11-01
Résumé
This 29-month project will support a feminist response and recovery from the current impacts of COVID-19 through systemic change. The Live Work Well Research Centre at University of Guelph will achieve this by building a pan-Canadian feminist disability coalition: to support diverse women and girls with disabilities to become powerful advocates for women’s rights; and by bringing together diverse civil society organizations and advocates across Canada to foster broad leadership, participation and advocacy. The main project activities will be: establishing a Canadian Feminist Disability Coalition (CFDC), an advisory group, and regional hubs in British Columbia, Ontario, Québec, and Nova Scotia; leading regional and national gatherings; facilitating the participation of women and girls with disabilities at the Global Women with Disabilities Forum (GWDF) meeting in Ontario in Spring 2023; and developing a sustainable model for the CFDC to support its ongoing change work. At the end of the project, the Live Work Well Research Centre at the University of Guelph will have contributed to addressing systemic barriers by increasing networks and collaboration to accelerate systemic change, and supporting positive distribution of authority, influence, and decision-making power to support diverse women’s and girls’ equality.
The project will leverage and contribute to on-going work of the Engendering Disability-Inclusive Development (EDID) partnership, which works to ensure disability rights and justice in the lives of diverse girls and women with disabilities in four countries (Haiti, South Africa, Vietnam, and Canada) and transnationally. The two projects will complement each other. EDID is primarily a research partnership project, while the CFDC will build systemic change. The Live Work Well Research Centre at University of Guelph, with their main project partner the DisAbled Women’s Network of Canada (DAWN Canada), will work to build the leadership capacity of diverse women and girls with disabilities in Canada through the promotion of inclusive practices among women’s organizations and other relevant civil society organizations (CSOs), and by providing opportunities and support to women and girls with disabilities to strengthen their leadership and advocacy skills through participation in regional, national, and international policy forums (e.g., United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; Global Women with Disabilities Forum meeting).
Ministère
Programme
Women's Program
Bénéficiaire
Emplacement
Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Type de bénéficiaire
Academia
Type
Contribution
Source
Proactive Disclosure - Grants and Contributions
Tel que publié
Reference Number
001-2022-2023-Q1-00070
Amendment Number
0
Agreement Type
Contribution
Recipient Type
S
Recipient Legal Name
University of Guelph
Recipient Country
CA
Recipient Province or Territory
ON
Recipient City
Guelph
Recipient Postal Code
N1G 2W1
Program Name
Women's Program
Program Name (French)
Programme de promotions de la femme
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.
Program Purpose (French)
Le Programme de promotion de la femme a pour but de promouvoir l’égalité entre les sexes au Canada et il travaille pour ce faire à réduire ou éliminer les obstacles systémiques qui freinent le progrès des femmes. Le Programme soutient la visée du gouvernement du Canada de promouvoir l’égalité entre les sexes au Canada. Il cadre avec les priorités du gouvernement du Canada en matière de prospérité économique et ses engagements internationaux en matière d’égalité entre les sexes.
Agreement Title
Building Leadership among Women and Girls with Disabilities: Canadian Feminist Disability Coalition
Agreement Title (French)
Développer le leadership chez les femmes et les filles handicapées : Coalition canadienne féministe pour les personnes handicapées
Agreement Number
NA21780
Agreement Value
$682,776.00
Agreement Start Date
2021-11-01
Agreement End Date
2024-03-31
Description
This 29-month project will support a feminist response and recovery from the current impacts of COVID-19 through systemic change. The Live Work Well Research Centre at University of Guelph will achieve this by building a pan-Canadian feminist disability coalition: to support diverse women and girls with disabilities to become powerful advocates for women’s rights; and by bringing together diverse civil society organizations and advocates across Canada to foster broad leadership, participation and advocacy. The main project activities will be: establishing a Canadian Feminist Disability Coalition (CFDC), an advisory group, and regional hubs in British Columbia, Ontario, Québec, and Nova Scotia; leading regional and national gatherings; facilitating the participation of women and girls with disabilities at the Global Women with Disabilities Forum (GWDF) meeting in Ontario in Spring 2023; and developing a sustainable model for the CFDC to support its ongoing change work. At the end of the project, the Live Work Well Research Centre at the University of Guelph will have contributed to addressing systemic barriers by increasing networks and collaboration to accelerate systemic change, and supporting positive distribution of authority, influence, and decision-making power to support diverse women’s and girls’ equality.
The project will leverage and contribute to on-going work of the Engendering Disability-Inclusive Development (EDID) partnership, which works to ensure disability rights and justice in the lives of diverse girls and women with disabilities in four countries (Haiti, South Africa, Vietnam, and Canada) and transnationally. The two projects will complement each other. EDID is primarily a research partnership project, while the CFDC will build systemic change. The Live Work Well Research Centre at University of Guelph, with their main project partner the DisAbled Women’s Network of Canada (DAWN Canada), will work to build the leadership capacity of diverse women and girls with disabilities in Canada through the promotion of inclusive practices among women’s organizations and other relevant civil society organizations (CSOs), and by providing opportunities and support to women and girls with disabilities to strengthen their leadership and advocacy skills through participation in regional, national, and international policy forums (e.g., United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; Global Women with Disabilities Forum meeting).
Description (French)
Le projet de 29 mois appuiera une réponse et une relance féministes à la suite des répercussions actuelles de la COVID-19, par des changements systémiques. Le centre de recherche Live Work Well de l’Université de Guelph réalisera cet objectif en créant une coalition féministe pancanadienne qui appuiera les femmes et les filles ayant une incapacité à devenir d’importantes défenseuses des droits des femmes. La coalition réunira des groupes de défense et des organisations civiles au Canada pour accroître le leadership, la participation et les revendications. Le projet vise principalement à : créer la Canadian Feminist Disability Coalition (CFDC), un groupe consultatif et des centres régionaux en Colombie-Britannique, en Ontario, au Québec et en Nouvelle-Écosse; organiser des rencontres régionales et nationales; faciliter la participation de femmes et de filles ayant une incapacité au Global Women with Disabilities Forum (GWDF) en Ontario au printemps 2023; élaborer un modèle durable pour soutenir les efforts de changement de la CFDC. À terme, le projet du centre de recherche Live Work Well de l’Université de Guelph aura contribué à éliminer les barrières systémiques en améliorant les réseaux et la collaboration dans le but d’accélérer le changement systémique, ainsi que favorisé une répartition positive des compétences, de l’influence et du pouvoir décisionnel pour appuyer l’égalité des femmes et des filles diverses.
Le projet mettra à profit le travail en cours du partenariat Engendering Disability-Inclusive Development (EDID) et y contribuera. Ce partenariat vise à défendre les droits des femmes et des filles diverses qui vivent avec une incapacité et à leur rendre justice, dans quatre pays (Haïti, Afrique du Sud, Vietnam et Canada), à l’échelle transnationale. Les deux projets se complèteront. Le partenariat EDID est essentiellement un projet de partenariat de recherche, tandis que la CFDC vise des changements systémiques. Le centre de recherche Live Work Well de l’Université de Guelph, et son partenaire principal le Réseau d’action des femmes handicapées du Canada (RAFH Canada), ont pour but de renforcer les capacités de leadership de femmes et de filles diverses qui vivent avec une incapacité au Canada en faisant la promotion de pratiques inclusives au sein des organisations de femmes et d’autres organisations civiles pertinentes, et en offrant des possibilités et de l’aide aux femmes et aux filles ayant une incapacité pour renforcer leur leadership et leurs aptitudes à défendre leurs intérêts notamment grâce à une participation à des forums politiques à l’échelle régionale, nationale et internationale (tels que la Convention relative aux droits des personnes handicapées des Nations Unies et le Global Women with Disabilities Forum).
Expected Results
Women and stakeholders have access to supports to address issues relating to equality between women and men.
Expected Results (French)
Les femmes et les parties prenantes peuvent obtenir de l’aide pour traiter des enjeux liés à l’égalité entre les femmes et les hommes.
Organization Code
wage
Organization
Women and Gender Equality Canada | Femmes et Égalité des genres Canada