DisAbled Women's Network Canada

Published purpose

Through this 25-month project, DisAbled Women’s Network Canada (DAWN) will build its capacity to advance gender equality in Canada. It will strengthen DAWN’s ability to drive systemic change by ensuring the continuity and sustainability of its mandate while enhancing its financial management processes, increasing its membership, updating its core feminist disability guide, and deepening its expertise on key policy and human rights areas, specifically to address the needs of women, girls and gender-diverse people with disability. Key activities include conducting an organizational needs assessment and developing and implementing an action plan; conducting an audit of the financial reporting and budget management processes and identifying improvement to be implemented; developing and implementing a strategic recruitment plan; elaborating and disseminating DAWN’s core feminist disability guide; and updating its research on lived experiences and rights of women, girls and gender-diverse individuals with disabilities With the supplement funding and extension provided in early 2026, DAWN will strengthen its capacity as a sector leader to advance systemic change and promote gender equality for disabled and Deaf women, girls, and gender diverse persons. Building on its existing research and partnerships, this additional support will enable DAWN to deepen its impact and enhance long-term sustainability to advance its mission to serve as a leading voice advocating for the rights, inclusion, and wellbeing of women, girls, and gender diverse people with disabilities across Canada.