Op-Ed: Investment in women and gender equity expiring just when it’s needed most
3/16/2023In an op-ed for the Toronto Star, Emilie Coyle (Executive Director, CAEFS), Pam Hrick (Executive Director, LEAF), and Raji Mangat (Executive Director, West Coast LEAF) write that with the federal budget nearly upon us, there is no better time for this feminist government to show up for our sector.
This April, over 250 feminist organizations are set to lose capacity-building funding from the federal government. This funding was crucial to the sector after feminist initiatives experienced a decade of underfunding and helped many organizations weather the instability of the COVID-19 pandemic. Losing this funding will devastate the sector. It will result in cuts to crucial programming and staff – and in some cases, entire organizations will be forced to shut their doors.
Read the full op-ed from Pam, Raji, and Emilie via the link in our bio.
