Archway Society for Domestic Peace

Published purpose

This 29-month project will support a feminist response and recovery to address the current impacts of COVID-19 through systemic change. Archway Society for Domestic Peace will achieve this by developing a community approach to implement strategies that address intersectional barriers to equality for diverse women. Using a Gender-Based Analysis Plus (GBA Plus) approach, the focus will be on addressing priority issues related to violence, poverty, and access to resources that supports an economic response and recovery strategy. By the end of the project, the organization will have contributed to addressing systemic barriers by developing and implementing community-based approaches to address intersectional barriers to equality for diverse women; increasing networks and collaboration to accelerate systemic change; supporting a positive distribution of authority, voices, and decision-making power; and building relationships between equality-seeking organizations and other stakeholders to collaborate across sectors in order to advance gender equality. This project will build and enhance partnerships between women’s organizations, Indigenous groups, immigrant services, LGBTQ2S+ groups, and local non-profit community organizations. Recommendations to address women’s inequality and the COVID-19 economic recovery plan will be shared with organizational partners and government stakeholders. The supplemental funds will be utilized to address increased staff costs in the last year of the project.