PolicyWise for Children & Families

Published purpose

This 29-month project will support a feminist response and recovery from the current impacts of COVID-19, through systemic change. PolicyWise for Children & Families will achieve this by gathering and reviewing evidence to inform rapid program and policy solutions to correct the disproportionate effects of COVID-19 on women in Alberta’s labour force, in particular those experienced by newcomers, visible minorities, young women, and mothers. A provincial strategy will be developed through a large-scale engagement and a robust implementation plan with tools to support the economic recovery of women and gender equality in the labour force. At the end of the project, the organization will have contributed to addressing systemic barriers by advancing inclusive policies and practices; and increasing networks and collaboration to accelerate systemic change. This project will bring together diverse partnerships that will work on understanding and increasing available statistical evidence, stories, and lived experience to support the implementation of evidence-informed programs, policies and tools to remove barriers and promote advancement of women for an ongoing recovery in the labour force.