Mères avec pouvoir (MAP) Montréal

Published purpose

Through this 32-month systemic change project, Mères avec pouvoir (MAP) will scale “Le HUB,” a sharing network helping to empower women and make their voices heard to advance their economic security and prosperity. The initial project aimed to build and strengthen partnerships to find housing solutions for single mothers through multidisciplinary work. The current project will break down barriers facing women who lead lone-parent families in balancing their studies or work with family life, and it will propose viable solutions. To achieve this, MAP will conduct a strategic analysis, develop an action plan and recommendations, engage various partners, and deploy a communications and stakeholder engagement strategy. Thanks to the additional funding and extension granted at the beginning of 2026, Mères avec pouvoir (MAP) Montréal will establish a residents’ committee, implement concrete actions targeting employers and landlords to help reduce discriminatory practices, and develop advocacy initiatives addressing the growing barriers faced by young single mothers in the context of rising masculinism. Through this, they will further advance gender equality.