Status of Women committee  Sure. My project is not research, but we had a needs assessment among young immigrant women. By the way most of them came here as refugees. By having this needs assessment of their challenges, we had identified a lot of social issues such as the lack of community resources, educ

Status of Women committee  Creating a safe space is the most valuable lesson we learned. When they go out, they are judged as young and as immigrant women who came here as refugees. They are being bullied, and they become disconnected because of that. But having that space for themselves, that really opens

Status of Women committee  It is the young immigrant women's leadership project. It is a two-year project. The objective of the project is to build their leadership skills and make positive changes in the community. Then they created a community project to make those positive changes. It also builds suppor

Status of Women committee  Hi. The young immigrant women's leadership project is a two-year project funded by Status of Women Canada. The objective of the project is to build their leadership skills, to make a positive change in the community, and to put a supportive system among the population. The pro