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1,000 vulnerable women workers across a variety of sectors
Women and Gender Equality Canada (WAGE), Royal Bank of Canada Foundation, Ted Rogers School of Management, Chang School of Ryerson University, UN Women, Ontario Coalition of Agencies Serving Immigrants, Canadian Council for Youth Prosperity, Uber Canada, Facebook Canada, Capital One
Vulnerable women face many social, political, and economic obstacles affecting their ability to get and keep a job. These are part of systemic discrimination that creates inequalities based on gender such as the foster care system, expensive transit costs, precarious housing, and burnout culture. In other words, improving labour market access for vulnerable women is not just about upgrading skills, but providing the effective supports and interventions that address those barriers.
YWCA is conducting a three-year national study to identify practices to build social resilience and labour market access for vulnerable women. Future Skills Centre is investing $686,000 to assist in piloting those identified practices with 1,000 women at 10 sites across Canada. These pilots will help fine-tune the practices aimed at advancing gender equity in the labour market, with a focus on disadvantaged groups.
The Synergy project’s innovative proposal includes:
This project will be evaluated using tools and approaches aligned with its goals, context, and stage of development. The evaluation will focus on generating the right evidence at the right moment to move the intervention forward. Read more about our evaluation strategy.
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