Restigouche CBDC inc.

Published purpose

This 31-month project will support a feminist response and recovery from the current impacts of COVID-19, through systemic change. The Restigouche CBDC inc. will seek to support an intersectional feminist response to COVID-19 that centers on the lived experiences of rural women from the Restigouche and Avignon regions, following the principles of GBA+. They will achieve this by creating an advisory board, developing a needs assessment report, an action plan and an evaluation plan, advancing inclusive policies and practices with new tools and resources, increasing networks and collaboration as well as sharing the knowledge to accelerate systemic changes to improve women’s economic security and prosperity post-COVID. At the end of the project, the organization will have contributed to addressing systemic barriers by advancing inclusive policies and practices and supporting positive distribution of authority, voices, and decision-making power to support women’s equality. This project will bring together the Restigouche and Avignon regions’ women and girls with lived experience, as well as local businesses, private sector and other sectors across these regions to document the challenges experienced due to the pandemic, and to lead the dissemination of key recommendations for policy and programs towards a recovery from the impacts of COVID-19.