Women & Gender Affairs Program
Areas of focus:
- Women Settlement Support
- Newsletter or brochures to guide on KCA women services
- Information sessions - workshops and webinars
- Language Support in Swahili – translation of Government documents
- Women Shelter Establishment
- Collaboration with Newcomers & Settlement Program
- Girl Child Empowerment
- KCA Scholarship for Girls to support the College and Universities tuition fees - C$7,500 bursary kitty to support 5 girls from vulnerable families in Canada to access college or university education annually.
- Direct Education Sponsorship for Needy Women and Girls. Beneficiaries must Newcomers or Youth between 18 - 35 Years
- Girls Mentorship workshops on leadership by mentors role models in the society
- Collaboration with Youth Outreach Program
- Women Economic Security
- Uplift women and their children out of poverty and into financial independence
- Collaborate with Social Economic Empowerment Program initiatives like Biashara Networking Club & Pamoja Bereavement Fund
- HeforShe
- focuses on men and boys inclusion in women and gender equality activities
- Collaboration with HeForShe at the United Nations Women and other stakeholders
- Gender-based Violence
- Support and counselling for people, and their children, who have experienced violence, that aim to promote violence prevention, or that support systemic change efforts related to gender-based violence.
