Gender Equity Capacity Building Support Fund

This fund is designed to build the gender equity knowledge and skills of individuals and organizations that deliver physical activity, sport, and recreation in Nova Scotia. It is intended to strengthen the capacity of individuals and organizations to create the organizational cultures, policies, practices, and conditions needed to increase the engagement of women and girls, in all their diversity, as participants, leaders, decision makers, coaches, and volunteers.

• To increase the number of physical activity, sport, and recreation leaders (board members, administrative staff, coaches, program leaders, and others) who are knowledgeable about topics such as: ways to improve the capacity of organizations to plan, deliver, evaluate, and communicate policies, programs, and services that meet the distinct needs and interests of diverse women and girls; understanding how sex, gender, equity, equality, diversity, and related concepts affect people’s lives; needs, interests, barriers, and opportunities pertaining to women and girls in physical activity, sport, and recreation, as defined by women and girls; and, ways to create environments that are safe, appealing, and welcoming for women and girls.
• To increase the number of women and girls in decision-making roles, such as board members and administrative staff, in physical activity, sport, and recreation organizations.
• To increase the number of physical activity, sport, and recreation organizations with formal policies, procedures, and plans affirming their commitment to gender equity and equitable resource allocation.

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