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Arising Women’s achievements
Arising Women’s mandate is to work with women and girls by providing support, skills and education so that they may achieve their full potential for positive social development and economic autonomy.
We believe that prevention, education and economic independence are crucial in decreasing various forms of violence in women’s lives. For instance, we are currently offering jewelry making and cooking classes to promote women’s self-employment. This program is funded by Status of Women Canada. Educational projects are offered to women and men, girls and boys on an on-going basis. Here are some of Arising Women’s milestones.
- From 2000 to 2002, as a self-funded organization, Arising Women provided assistance to women in motels alongside Kingston Road, for court accompaniments, bailing, written and verbal translations, spiritual connections, food and clothing assistance, etc…
- From 2002 to 2007, Arising Women has offered employment to 11 women.
- From 2004 to 2007, 11 students were hired through Service Canada Summer Program. Besides the translators and website designers, the students are usually trained as peer educators and provide workshops on violence against women and girls and workshops on HIV/AIDS to their peers throughout summer.
- In 2004, Arising Women hired 5 newly graduates for the Career Focus Program in our project “One Step to Leadership”. All participants were able to be hired thereafter.
- In December 2007, through Service Canada Career Focus program, Arising Women hired and is currently working with 4 college and university graduates on its project “Building Capacities. The positions for this project include a media liaison/event coordinator, a community and educational institutions liaison, a corporate liaison and a client liaison/outreach worker.
- In 2002, Arising Women offered “Refuse the Abuse” in partnership with the Department of Justice. Refuse the Abuse provided 20 workshops to women and girls, boys and men and parents and caregivers on various topics on Violence against Women and girls. Arising Women thanks the Storefront for its gracious collaboration.
- In 2003-2004, the City of Toronto funded our project “There is a Way Out”, a peer support program for two years. Arising Women thanks the Storefront for its gracious collaboration.
- From 2004 to 2007, Refuse the Abuse was funded for three years by the Ontario Trillium Foundation offering a total of 60 workshops at the East Scarborough Storefront, in youth shelters, family residences, women shelters, churches, employment services and the like. Arising Women thanks the Barbra Shliefer Legal Clinic, the Storefront and the Second Harvest for their gracious collaboration.
- In 2003, the Department of Justice funded our project “Peaceful Resolution” providing Conflict Resolution techniques to community members and community workers and to training in Conflict Resolutions. Arising Women thanks l’Institut du Leadership de l’Ontario for its collaboration.
- In 2005, Status of Women Canada funded our project “One Step Further” providing a peer support and advocacy group. Arising Women thanks the Storefront for its gracious collaboration.
- In 2003, as a member of the French Language Services Metal Health and Addiction Network of Toronto Committee, Arising Women conducted a workshop on “The Effects of Immigration on individual’s Mental Health” in the francophone forum on mental health and addiction. In 2004, Arising Women conducted a workshop on the use of Khat as a recreational drug. In June 2005, Arising Women supervised and conducted workshops in the “Health, Equity and Diversity” Local Realities & International Perspectives Conference.
- In 2007, Status of Women Canada is funding our new project “Independent Women” training women in cooking and jewelry making classes for self-employment purposes while offering girls Learn & Lunch sessions where they meet with positive role models. Arising Women thanks the Boys & Girls Club Scarborough, the Second Harvest, Residents Rising and the Melville Presbyterian Church for their gracious collaboration.
- From 2007 to 2010, through its new bilingual project Legal Matters / Connaissances Légales, Arising Women in partnership with Le Centre Francophone de Toronto, SALCO, and other partners will offer women with legal matters related workshops and one-on-one consultations. Legal Knowledge / Connaissances Légales is funded by the Law Foundation of Ontario.
- Since November 2007, Arising Women is hosting a City of Toronto nutrition program geared to mothers of children from 6 months to six years.
- In 2007, Arising Women secured its first corporate sponsorship. The Private Investment Club, the biggest Real Estate Investment Club in Ontario supports Arising Women financially. On December 8, 2007, the Private Investment Club in partnership with Arising Women & Status of Women Canada- Independent Women project will offer a one day seminar to women on how to become a real estate investor. The seminar will be held at Scarborough Civic Centre.