Aboriginal Cluster Model Report

This report provides evidence that Aboriginal women and other marginalized women can be supported more fully to participate, lead and grow self-employment initiatives and entrepreneurial enterprises in Canada. Read more

Moving Forward

As a first step to develop a strategy for immigrant and refugee women, WEC held focus groups to identify the key barriers to their economic security. This report addresses the barriers facing immigrant and refugee women; we are also developing a separate project related to Aboriginal women.

This report summarizes the findings of those focus groups and is designed to support WEC’s ongoing dialogue with our community partners and stakeholders, with the goal of identifying potential strategies to advance the economic security of immigrant and refugee women. Read More

If women mattered

This report outlines the steps the federal government can take to effectively support women-centred CED organizations including gender-equitable federal spending and funding women-centred CED as an effective, targeted poverty reduction strategy. Read more

From poverty to empowerment

A Research Report on Women and Community Economic Development (CED) in Canada
(Canadian Women’s Foundation/Fondation canadienne des femmes and Canadian Women’s Community Economic Development Council)
This report is based on the results of questionnaires, case studies, group discussions and interviews. It is one of only a few studies available to assemble the views of women across the country who are active in research, policy-making and front-line work empowering low-income women.  Read more

From poverty to empowerment

A Research Report on Women and Community Economic Development (CED) in Canada
(Canadian Women’s Foundation/Fondation canadienne des femmes and Canadian Women’s Community Economic Development Council) Executive Summary. Read more

The policy framework for economic and social inclusion

WOMEN-CENTRED CED IN THE 21ST CENTURY
Women’s life experiences, concerns, responsibilities and needs are different from those of men due to their respective roles in society, their family and the economy. Policies that may appear ‘gender neutral’ on the surface, therefore, affect women and men very differently.  Read more

Charting the territory

MAPPING POLICY ISSUES FACING WOMEN’S CED IN CANADA
This paper is an abbreviated version of a document that was developed for Status of Women Canada as an inventory of policy issues facing women’s community economic development (CED) in this country.
There is a wealth of expertise among women CED practitioners across this country. Systemic constraints, however, limit their ability to conduct research, advocate for policy change and promote women’s economic activities on a national level. The CWCEDC is working to promote a feminist policy agenda, making the case for women’s-centred CED in Canada. Read more