E.C.E.B.C. (Early Childhood Educators of British Columbia)

Purpose

This 29-month project will support a feminist response and recovery from the current impacts of COVID-19, through systemic change. Pacific Immigrant Resource Society will achieve this by developing and implementing community-based approaches to address intersectional barriers to equality for diverse women, engage women and/or gilrs with llived experience to influence pandemic recovery responses, convene and streghten the feminist movement to collaboaratively advance gender equality, build relatinoships between equality seeking organizations and other stakeholders to collaboarte across sectors to advance gender equality. At the end of the project, the organization will have contributed to addressing systemic barriers by advancing inclusive policies and practices, encouragin networks and collaboration to accelerate systemic change, and support positive authority, voices, and decision-making to support wormen's equality. The project will conduct a needs assessment, pilot a women's childcare worker peer-mentoring program , and enhance sector collaboartion for accessible childcare. Key parnter include the Coalition of Child Care Advocates of BC, the Westcoasat Child Care Resource Center, and Women's Economic Council of Canada.