Black Women Business Network

Published purpose

This 29-month project will support a feminist response and recovery from the current impacts of COVID-19 through systemic change. Black Women Business Network will achieve this by increasing the economic security and prosperity of Black women and girls in BC and Alberta by addressing systemic barriers limiting them from equitably accessing and participating in high-paying resilient technology jobs. At the end of this project, the organization will have contributed to addressing systemic barriers by advancing inclusive policies and practices, increasing networks collaboration to accelerate systemic change, and addressing persistent harmful gender norms and attitudes to support women's equality. This project will complete a technology, employment, and skills research map that will engage stakeholders and identify root causes to barriers, raise awareness and develop collaborative measures for implementing prioritized interventions, key partners include: Black Girls Collective, the Voice, Women Who Code, BCIT, HelpAide and WorkBC. Supplemental funds will be used to establish a Black Women in Tech Hub (BWTH) to promote the inclusive and sustainable employment of Black women in the Tech sector by enabling access to resources and information, networking and collaboration amend black women with tech employers, linkages to employers, jobs and productive employment, employers support and tech capacity building. The hub will be a one-stop tool for Black women entering and seeking to transition into the Tech sector.