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Disclosure of Grant and Contribution Awards

Recipient Name: YWCA Québec
Location: Québec, Quebec
Date: 2017-03-13
Value: $400,000.00
Type: Grant
Purpose: This 36-month project will seek to address the systemic barriers women face in accessing positions on administrative boards of for-profit and not-for-profit organizations. YWCA Québec will work with project partners to create gender parity committees to identify promising practices, and develop and implement gender parity policies and plans within the boards of organizations. Project results will be disseminated at the provincial level to encourage similar initiatives elsewhere in the province.
Comments: Multi-year project