CANADIAN CENTER FOR WOMEN’S EMPOWERMENT (CCFWE) WAS NAMED THE WINNER OF THE CWE GALA 2023 AWARD IN THE CATEGORY OF COMMUNITY - WOMEN'S HEALTH AND WELLBEING
CANADIAN CENTER FOR WOMEN’S EMPOWERMENT (CCFWE) ANNOUNCED AWARD WINNER AT THE CANADIAN WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS INDUSTRY GALA
June 7, 2023
In addressing Domestic Financial Abuse and Economic Injustice, CCFWE has long been a Champion and a pioneer. Our work sets an example for other industry leaders to take action while creating the space for what is possible in the industry when we put diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging into the fabric of CCFWE’s values and programs.
At the just concluded Canadian Women’s Entrepreneurship CWE Industry Gala, CCFWE added yet another milestone by winning a prestigious Community – Women’s Health and Wellbeing award.
A Night of Celebration and Acknowledgment
The CWE Industry Gala is organized by the Canadian Women’s Entrepreneurship (CWE)Organization. The Google selection committee judges were blown away by CCFWE’s dedication to championing women and incorporating diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging in our work.
Our impactful programs enable women to thrive by addressing Economic Abuse and injustice through advocacy, education, research, economic empowerment, and policy change.
The gala was a prestigious event experience that recognizes and honours Canada’s leading companies’ effective programs, campaigns, and CSR initiatives that have paved the way for a more equal and diverse ecosystem for women in business. The CWE industry event connects successful women in business, financial institutions leaders, nonprofit leaders, advocates, women services agencies, private stakeholders, influencers, aspiring entrepreneurs, creators, and media in one place to take groundbreaking action to advance women forward.
CCFWE is very honoured and grateful for the support from Women and Gender Equality Canada, TD Bank Group, and Crime Prevention Ottawa for their generous support.
Highlights from the CWE GalaAwards – Anna Sinclair is an award-winning businesswoman, angel investor, agency owner, and CEO of Total Mom Inc. Recognized as WXN Top 100 Most Powerful Women In Canada (Left) and Meseret Haileyesus Executive Director (Right)
CCFWE work
The Canadian Center for Women’s Empowerment (CCFWE) is the only national organization in Canada dedicated to fighting Domestic Economic Abuse in the context of Family Violence through policy change, advocacy, economic empowerment, and community-based research. Over the years, CCFWE has worked tirelessly with organizations, family lawyers, policymakers, the local and federal government, financial advocates, and survivors to develop a comprehensive approach to address Economic Abuse and empower survivors to rebuild their lives and gain control of their finances. The center exists to create a space for women to be free, to heal, and to find her economic power again.
We are honoured for this recognition, along with leading change-makers and innovators who lead the way and take action for Economic and Social Development. Economic injustice significantly impacts women’s and children’s well-being with a devastating and long-term impact. This award helps shine a spotlight on the awareness, critical policy, and socio-economic barriers and better support women to recover from Economic Injustice and achieve economic security and safety’’ – Meseret Haileyesus.
CCFWE Impact on Women’s Economic Safety and Security
This recognition by CWE Industry Gala shows the positive outcomes we have achieved through extraordinary teamwork, sheer determination, resilience, perseverance, and agility to wake up and show up every day, no matter how hard it was.
Looking Towards the Future
This award will enable us to accelerate our future initiative through continued collaboration with various stakeholders and policymakers to end Economic injustice and create a sustainable economic empowerment ecosystem by bringing together women’s community organizations, financial institutions, utilities, essential service providers, telecommunications companies, industry regulators and ombudsman services, local and national government, the family justice system, consumer lawyers, and researchers and academics.
This network will help us to advance the Help Us Rise Campaign, CCFWE’s Economic Abuse National Awareness Campaign. Help Us Rise
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Watch here the Inaugural Canadian Women Entrepreneur (CWE) Industry Gala!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KyKlCWI1ZnE&t=33s&ab_channel=CWEGala
