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Status of Women committee  We're in agreement with what's been said by the agencies beside us as well. More funding needs to go directly to survivor support and the understanding of the nature of the survivor and the layers that are incorporated into the healing of that survivor. It goes beyond just—

May 4th, 2023Committee meeting

Melissa Marchand

Status of Women committee  Thank you. Definitely the funding should be made available. Along with spreading the word in general, I think that would be the most critical and feasible approach going forward.

May 4th, 2023Committee meeting

Melissa Marchand

Status of Women committee  I was just going to say that as part of Zonta, as Kathleen mentioned, we have over $100,000 worth of funding available towards transitional housing for women and female-identifying persons. They are able to stay there for upwards of months at a time, depending on how long it takes for the case to be brought to where it needs to be to be resolved.

May 4th, 2023Committee meeting

Melissa Marchand

Status of Women committee  Our stance through Brampton-Caledon Zonta is that we would like to encourage a broader application of learnings through organizations like ours and ones that we see here today, in terms of fund development, advocacy awareness and education across the board to make it more impactful and sustainable, and in terms of mitigating the associated risks, because there are so many complex areas, as you alluded to, MP Sidhu, pertaining to mitigating the situation for youth from the beginning.

May 4th, 2023Committee meeting

Melissa Marchand