Young Women's Christian Association of Kitchener-Waterloo

Published purpose

Through this 28-month project, Young Women's Christian Association of Kitchener-Waterloo will scale a promising practice which is a combination of two successful employment, entrepreneurship, and reskilling programs (In Her Shoes: for Youth & In Her Shoes: Newcomer Women) to strengthen the GBV sector. It will scale to women and gender-diverse people who are unhoused or unable to sustain housing because of GBV. It will address the gaps, uncovered biases, and common barriers identified by the staff and participants. To do so, the project will include the replication of the existing promising practice with a new population; engaging key at-risk and underserved populations; provide cohort sessions; refine cohort sessions; and build evidence on scaled promising practices. Young Women's Christian Association of Kitchener-Waterloo will develop knowledge sharing methods of the project learnings and model with GBV initiatives and with the WAGE GBV Knowledge Centre to share information on the promising practice with others so that they may replicate it or expand upon it.