The Terrace Women’s Resource Centre Society is receiving federal funding to help close the gender gap.
The society will get $273,570 to promote gender equality and create a financial health and sustainability plan to help it continue to serve the community.
“Canadian women continue to face inequities in both wages and leadership opportunities. Decreasing the gender gap will include more diverse voices and that leads to better results for everyone,” says Rosemary Craig, Executive Director of the Society in a news release. “Canada urgently needs to address gender inequities that hold back all people from reaching their full potentials. There is a particular urgency in rural remote areas where there are barriers to women’s participation in the economy and civic life.
The Prince George Aboriginal Business Development Association is also receiving $262,919 to break down existing barriers to Indigenous women’s economic security and increase the economic development capacity of First Nations Councils.
