Yukon Status of Women Council

Published purpose

This 12-month project will help mitigate the impact experienced by women and girls caused by the COVID-19 pandemic by focusing on all 8 of Yukon’s municipalities and associated mining communities. Correlation between increased rates of gender-based violence and mining activity are well documented and known to often put a strain on the communal resources. An assessment of the community’s response capacity to gender specific social and health services will lead to developing an index scoring system. Consequentially, recommendations will be created and derived from the scoring and then put forth to the Yukon Environmental and Socioeconomic Assessment Board (YESAB) for all new mining operations. Engaging with existing partnerships to promote the project and provide feedback will ensure front line community organizational participation and collaboration.