Aunt Leah's Independent Lifeskills Society

Published purpose

This 29-month project will support a feminist response and recovery from the current impacts of COVID-19, through systemic change. Aunt Leah's Independent Life skills Society will achieve this by expanding the membership of the Feminists Deliver coalition, enhancing the leadership capacity of women in the feminist movement to address systemic inequities, building local, regional, and provincial partnerships among coalition members and other key stakeholders, and hosting the 2nd Feminists Deliver conference. At the end of the project, the organization will have contributed to addressing systemic barriers by encouraging more equitable and effective sharing of resources, increasing networks and collaboration to accelerate systemic change, supporting positive distribution of authority, voices, and decision-making power, and addressing persistent harmful gender norms and attitudes to support women’s equality. This project is held in partnership with Battered Women’s Support Services to successfully scale up and expand on the Feminist Deliver pilot initiative. This project will result in a 3-day Feminist Deliver conference, two training curriculums designed for women leaders and their communities, and a framework for action to advance gender equity.