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Share this article OTTAWA, ON, July 29, 2021 /CNW/ - Advancing gender equality is a key priority for the Government of Canada. The COVID-19 pandemic has magnified systemic and longstanding inequalities, with women and girls disproportionately impacted by the crisis. Women have faced job losses and reduced work hours, shouldered the majority of the additional unpaid care responsibilities at home, and continue to be on the front lines of the pandemic. As Canada moves towards an inclusive recovery, meaningful progress to advance gender equality is needed now more than ever to ensure no one is left behind.
To further support critical recovery efforts led by the women s and equality-seeking movement, today the Honourable Maryam Monsef, Minister for Women and Gender Equality and Rural Economic Development, announced 237 projects to receive funding under the $100 million Feminist Response and Recovery Fund call for proposals.
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During the first year of the pandemic, domestic violence in the Lakeland rose 28 per cent, according to RCMP statistics collected from the 10 RCMP detachments in the areaâCold Lake, Bonnyville, St. Paul, Lac La Biche, Two Hills, Smoky Lake, Elk Point, Vermilion, Kitscoty and Lloydminster.
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âDomestic violence, whether you realize it or not, everybody knows somebody whoâs been impacted by domestic violence,â said Jan Reimer, executive director of the Alberta Council of Womenâs Shelters. âWhen you think of the statistics, the chances are thereâs a child in your childâs classroom thatâs been exposed to domestic violence. Itâs something that is far more pervasive than people think.â