Status of Women committee  Yes, we have to recognize that they are the experts when it comes to their lives and they have their solutions.

Status of Women committee  You start by asking them what their specific needs are. We are talking about different needs for different populations of women. I think they have the answers based on their situations. They just have to be part of the solution. As well, they have to be provided with models, the

Status of Women committee  Yes, we hear about the different situations in rural communities and urban communities. The rural francophone community often feels isolated. So it is important to be active and to offer opportunities for experiences. We were talking about networking. In the cities, it is often

Status of Women committee  I spoke earlier about resources. It often happens that francophone women do not have information or have access to a very limited quantity of resources. Barriers to economic prosperity are a subject that generates emotional responses, and when people talk about it, they want to d

Status of Women committee  I think it is important to promote community involvement among young people. You are talking about the exodus, and that is often associated with the fact that young women do not feel there is anything for them in those places. And yet the community organization sector is very act

Status of Women committee  Yes. When I talk about resources, I mean financial resources. I think our members explained to us what they want to hear. We have done the research and now we just have to be able to put the program into operation. But we have put a program on the cooperative movement into opera

Status of Women committee  I think they are good. As I mentioned, it is important to have models and also to talk about it with the boys. When I talk about mixed workshops, with boys, we have to remember that the subject of discussion is still violence against women and the role of women in society. So whe

Status of Women committee  In fact, financial literacy is a subject we want to spend more time on. We have had an opportunity to talk about the cooperative movement in some workshops. But we are at the mercy of the funders. We have ideas, and materials, but we do not have the resources to put our programs

Status of Women committee  Yes, certainly we do research. We are awaiting replies. Our program is ready to be put in operation. We just have to have positive replies.

Status of Women committee  The federation's budget is diversified. Essentially, it comes from grants. It will vary from one year to the next. Part of the budget is self-managed: we sell our services to the schools. Another part consists of finding grants so we can offer them free of charge. So it is diffic

Status of Women committee  I think that for many of us, it is not having the chance to hold positions of responsibility when we are young, not being able to be part of the decision-making and not being active in addressing your own situation. We have to recognize that we are agents of change, here and now

Status of Women committee  I think that presenting accessible models is part of the answer. These are women who have experienced success, young women, women who represent diversity. We have to provide them with a space, because often, girls think they are the only ones who experience what they experience.

Status of Women committee  Yes, thank you.

Status of Women committee  For example, we have just participated in a convention with the other youth associations in minority communities in Canada, where we talked about organizing events and exchanged winning practices, as I was saying. People explained approaches that are specific to the provinces and

Status of Women committee  Do you want to talk about your networking with your friends?