July 1, 2020GEM Digest of the Month - Published monthly since December 2009 Contents

Organizations for Women in Science and Technology in Canada Women in Science: Development, Outreach, and Mentoring (WISDOM) (Vancouver) Island Women in Science and Technology (IWIST) Manitoba Women in Agriculture and Food (MWAF) Society for Canadian Women in Science and Technology (SCWIST) Go to Top. [...] Action area: Gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls Within this specific action area, Canada advances gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls across three pathways: i. [...] supporting and strengthening women’s organizations and movements that advance women’s rights, gender equality, and the empowerment of women and girls; and iii. [...] ● Work in collaboration with women’s networks and organisations: peer-to-peer women’s networks and organisations have an in-depth understanding of gender related issues and can help challenge structural gender inequalities that exist at the level of the family, the business and the nation state.” Go to Top. [...] At the same time, the study revealed the need for further investments to align with the goals of the FIAP such as specific skills development required by staff to design, implement and evaluate projects, secure financial and social resources that contribute to both organizational and programmatic mechanisms in support of feminist development, and ongoing knowledge sharing across CSO networks in or.