Economic Development Fund
The Canadian Women’s Foundation’s goal is to move low-income women out of poverty and help them establish economic independence. CWF empowers low-income women and builds on their strengths by funding self-employment training programs and social purpose enterprises in communities across Canada.
The initiatives we support offers services such as:
- Practical on-the-job training and skills development
- Self-employment training: including business plan development, financing support, marketing
These programs go beyond business to address other essential aspects of women’s lives like building confidence, learning to network and securing day care.
In addition, CWF’s Skills Institutes provide information for women’s groups across Canada on the most effective methods of moving low-income women toward economic self-sufficiency.
Facts about Women and Poverty in Canada
Programs we fund
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