The challenges faced by women and girls remain at the forefront of LEAF’s work. Thank you for your support - especially during this time! COVID-19 has highlighted the vulnerabilities that women and girls face and the importance of continuing to advocate for their rights.

Today marks #GivingTuesdayNow, a global day of giving taking place as an emergency response to the unprecedented need caused by the pandemic. Around the world, and here in Canada, COVID-19 has brought long-existing inequalities into sharp focus, including the feminization of poverty. 

Many women, particularly young women, women of colour, Indigenous women, and women with disabilities, have seen their living situations significantly worsen during the pandemic.  Women are disproportionately employed in low-wage, part-time, and precarious jobs. Between February and March, 1.8 million women lost their jobs or the majority of their hours as non-essential businesses closed.  Other women deemed ‘essential’ continue to work, often on the frontlines where they are at greater risk of exposure to COVID-19.

For decades, LEAF has been advocating to address substantive inequality related to gender, race, and (dis)ability that have contributed to feminization of poverty.  In the past year alone, this issue has been the focus of our proposed interventions in three cases:

As LEAF continues to bring the issues of increasing poverty and marginalization forward, we need your support to help women, here in Canada, who are being uniquely harmed during the pandemic. 

Please give today, so that we can make sure there is a strong voice protecting the rights of women and girls that cannot be ignored. 

Your donation this #GivingTuesdayNow will help us keep up the fight for the women who are carrying the burden of COVID-19. 

Thank you for your support!  

Sincerely, 

Megan Cameron,
Fund Development Manager