Working Women Community Centre

Published purpose

Through this 30-month project, Working Women Community Centre will build its capacity to advance gender equality. It will address the need to provide integrated Gender Base Analysis Plus (GBA+) programming and services to their clients. The project will include: the development of new policies/procedures, created with the union, to develop staff leadership in GBA+. It will undertake an organizational assessment of programs, services and deliverables looking at both GBA+ and Indigenous best practices in GBA+ and will make the recommended changes to internal policies, procedures, tools, and resources. These changes will be measured using new success metrics and will be informed by client and stakeholder engagement. Long term sustainability will be reinforced through recommendations to the strategic planning process. With the supplemental funds and extension provided in early 2026, Working Women Community Centre will 1) embed gender equity and anti-oppressive practices in areas not addressed during Phase 1 by establishing a GBA+ facilitator working group with resources and tools including a GBA+ Toolkit, establishing a learning circle for managers with resources, tools and guides, identifying gaps in policies, procedures, and tools and update as required and; 2) develop new GBA+ communication resources and pilot with stakeholders. Through this they will further advance Gender Equality.