National Aboriginal Capital Corporations Association (NACCA)

Published purpose

This 29-month project will support a feminist response and recovery from the current impacts of COVID-19, through systemic change. National Aboriginal Capital Corporations Association (NACCA) will achieve this by building the capacity of its network of Aboriginal Financial Institutions (AFIs) across Canada to advance gender equality in their organizations and address barriers to entrepreneurship for Indigenous women by offering the training named ‘‘People-Centered Investment: Supporting the Potential and Power of Indigenous Women Entrepreneurs’, including a Gender-Based Analysis Plus lens. NACCA will also develop a number of profiles on diverse Indigenous women entrepreneurs and launch a national media campaign to increase awareness on and representativity of Indigenous women entrepreneurs with the aim to reduce the gender bias and discrimination they faced when trying to access business financing and services. Finally, a portion of NACCA’s Annual Prosperity Forum will be dedicated to Indigenous women entrepreneurship. At the end of the project, the organization will have contributed to addressing systemic barriers by advancing inclusive policies and practices; 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 of the system all to support women’s equality.