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Impacts of the Covid-19 Pandemic on Women: Report of the Standing Committee on the Status of Women

April 20, 2021/0 Comments/in House of Commons Health, Housing and homelessness, Lived experience, Poverty issues Actor mapping, COVID-19, Domestic violence, Employment, Financial well-being, Health, Mental health, Women Marilyn Gladu Miscellaneous Report Canada Employment insecurity, Financial insecurity /by Carrie Wong

The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic have been profound and far-reaching. Beyond endangering the health of Canadians, the pandemic has worsened inequalities among groups of people. Women, girls and gender-diverse people have faced unique challenges during the pandemic.

The Committee recommends that the Government of Canada take various actions to assist women, girls and gender-diverse people during and after the COVID-19 pandemic. Many recommendations relate to improving women’s health and labour force participation. Some recommendations focus specifically on women’s paid and unpaid care work. The Committee also recommends interventions to help reduce trafficking and violence against women.

Family violence in Canada: A statistical profile, 2019

March 22, 2021/0 Comments/in Statistics Canada Research and evaluation Children, Demographics, Domestic violence, Gender/sex, Seniors, Women, Youth Shana Conroy Research Report Canada /by Carrie Wong

Family violence in Canada: A statistical profile is an annual report produced by the Canadian Centre for Justice and Community Safety Statistics at Statistics Canada as part of the Federal Family Violence Initiative. Since 1998, this report has provided data on the nature and extent of family violence in Canada, as well as an analysis of trends over time. The information presented is used extensively to monitor changes that inform policy makers and the public.

The Impact of COVID-19 on Women living with Disabilities in Canada

December 4, 2020/0 Comments/in DisAbled Women’s Network of Canada Poverty issues COVID-19, Disability, Domestic violence, Poverty Bára Hladík, Jihan Abbas, Sonia Alimi Research Brief Canada Canada, Children, Education, Health care, Incarceration, Indigenous, Policy, Youth /by Carrie Wong

DisAbled Women’s Network (DAWNRAFH) Canada is a national, feminist, cross-disability organization whose mission is to end the poverty, isolation, discrimination and violence experienced
by Canadian women with disabilities and Deaf women.

People with disabilities, specifically women with disabilities face unique barriers related to Covid-19. This includes both the increased risk oftransmission and death from COVID-19, as well as the unique ways policies targeting COVID-19 impact this group. Prior to COVID-19 more than 50% of human rights complaints at the Federal, Provincial and Territorial levels in Canada for the last four years have been disability related, which speaks to systemic failures that have been exacerbated under COVID-19. In this brief, DAWN Canada highlights these unique considerations, as well as significant and existing policy gaps facing this group.

Making Safety Affordable: Intimate Partner Violence is an Asset-Building Issue

October 27, 2020/0 Comments/in AFN - Asset Funders Network Asset building and saving, Lived experience, Poverty issues Asset building, Assets, Best practices, Credit, Debt, Domestic violence, Financial insecurity, Fraud, Legal issues, Lived experience, Tax credits, Unemployment Amy Durrence, Kirkley Doyle, Sonya Passi Research Brief United States /by Carrie Wong

This brief explores three existing unmet needs that contribute to survivors’ inability to build wealth: money, tailored asset-building support, and safe and responsive banking and credit services. Within each identified need, specific issues facing survivors, strategic actions in response to those issues, as well as innovative ideas and existing promising practices to help funders take action to prioritize survivor wealth are discussed.