Call on Canada to increase aid for grassroots women!
Join Nobel Women’s Initiative and The MATCH International Women’s Fund and call on Canada’s #FeministPM to increase aid for grassroots women’s organizations!
The Challenge: Women around the world are leading change at the grassroots level. But did you know that only 0.03% of Canada’s aid actually gets into their hands? That’s a crumb!
The Opportunity: Canada has a feminist Prime Minister, a woman leading Foreign Affairs, and a woman as the Minister of International Development. This is good news for women changemakers around the world who are impacted by North American policy decisions. Canada can and must show global leadership–standing with women & girls around the globe at this unique moment in time
The Solution: A dedicated and innovative funding mechanism that channels $2.2 billion directly into the hands of women at the grassroots level over the next ten years is the solution.
How and when to spread the word:
Please spread the word on social media and within your networks. You can begin immediately! Canadian budget deliberations are happening as we speak, and there is still time to shape the decisions made by our representatives.
You can participate on Twitter and Facebook.
Would you like to do more? Click here for even more sample messages and a sample email you can send to your networks!
Sample Tweets:
.@MINISTER Less than 0.03% Canada’s aid actually gets into women’s hands– w our #FeministPM Canada CAN do better! #Budget2017
.@MINISTER We can only call ourselves global leaders when we boldly invest in women at local level – #FeministPM walk the talk
.@MINISTER Think boldly: a dedicated funding mechanism channelling $2.2B directly into hands of women over next 10y #FeministPM
Suggested Twitter Handles
Ministers:
Hon. Chrystia Freeland, Foreign Affairs: @cafreeland
Hon. Marie-Claude Bibeau, International Development and La Francophonie: @mclaudebibeau
Hon. Maryam Monsef, Status of Women: @MaryamMonsef
Hon. Karina Gould, Democratic Institutions: @karinagould
Sample Facebook Posts
1) Women around the world are leading change at the grassroots level. But did you know that only 0.03% of Canada’s aid actually gets into their hands? That’s a crumb!
The truth is, Canada can only be a global leader if we are willing to invest in the women who are leading change on the ground. At this unique moment in time–with a feminist Prime Minister, a woman leading Foreign Affairs, and a woman as the Minister of International Development–Canada must show global leadership. We must stand with women & girls around the globe.
A dedicated and innovative funding mechanism that channels $2.2 billion directly into the hands of women at the grassroots level over the next ten years would show that our PM walks the feminist talk.
(suggested graphic – Pie)
2) Right now, only 0.03% of Canada’s aid actually gets into the hands of women changemakers. With our #FeministPM, we CAN do better — by boldly investing $2.2B over 10 years in grassroots women and girls! #Budget2017
(Suggested graphic – Think boldly)
3) Did you know that less than 0.03% Canada’s aid actually gets into women’s hands at the grassroots level? Take Action! Urge our #FeministPM to establish a dedicated funding mechanism that channels $2.2 billion directly into the hands of women at the grassroots level over the next ten years! #Budget2017
(Suggested graphic – Anatomy of a #FeministPM)
TAKE ACTION
Tweet at ministers and MP’s to help them see that there is a groundswell of support from individual Canadians to see our #feministPM “walk the talk.”
