{"id":33171,"date":"2023-03-02T00:00:19","date_gmt":"2023-03-02T05:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fgmtl.org\/?p=33171"},"modified":"2023-03-02T00:00:19","modified_gmt":"2023-03-02T05:00:19","slug":"the-wim-fund-for-access-to-employment-and-entrepreneurship-for-women","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/2021.fgmtl.org\/staging\/en\/the-wim-fund-for-access-to-employment-and-entrepreneurship-for-women\/","title":{"rendered":"The WIM Fund for access to employment and entrepreneurship for women"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Category: Access to employment and entrepreneurship for women<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>The Women&rsquo;s Impact Montr\u00e9al Collective Fund (<a href=\"https:\/\/fgmtl.org\/en\/contribute\/fgm-collective-funds\/the-womens-impact-montreal-collective-fund-at-fgm\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WIM Fund<\/a>) at FGM offers financial support to local community organizations that are directly serving Greater Montr\u00e9al women and girls in order to improve their life circumstances. <\/em><em>Persons identifying as immigrant, Black, racialized or Indigenous women are particularly vulnerable, especially those living in poverty or social isolation. Women identifying as members of the LGBTQ2S+ community, as well as those who live with (physical or intellectual) functional limitations or who are neurodivergent, are also more at risk of being discriminated against. FGM has therefore given priority to organizations and projects targeting one or more of those groups.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Below, learn more about the recipient organization in the category of access to employment and entrepreneurship for women.<\/p>\n[scNewWrapperWithImg bg=\u00a0\u00bbblack\u00a0\u00bb img=\u00a0\u00bb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Boris_41.jpg\u00a0\u00bb]\n<h3>L&rsquo;\u00c9toile de Pacho : a mutual aid network for parents of severely disabled children<\/h3>\n<p><em>L\u2019\u00c9toile de Pacho<\/em>\u2019s mission is help parents of severely disabled children flourish, by providing services and tools to support them in adapting to their circumstances and enhancing their power to act, thereby also fostering social inclusion. Parents are paired with intervenors who work with them in the home, the vast majority of whom are themselves parents of disabled children. This allows them to share their experience. L\u2019\u00c9toile de Pacho\u2019s employees benefit from working conditions that enhance their well-being and that of their children, in particular through flexible hours and unlimited holidays. The goal is to enable parents with disabled children to better access the services that are vital to them, but also to reduce financial insecurity and bolster their mental health.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"cta full red cta-page\"><a href=\"https:\/\/etoiledepacho.ca\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Visit l&rsquo;\u00c9toile de Pacho&rsquo;s website<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n[\/scNewWrapperWithImg]\n<p>The Foundation of Greater Montr\u00e9al and a group of volunteer women leaders are proud to support the Women&rsquo;s Impact Montr\u00e9al Collective Fund (WIM Fund) at FGM. <a href=\"https:\/\/fgmtl.org\/en\/contribute\/fgm-collective-funds\/the-womens-impact-montreal-collective-fund-at-fgm\/\">Click here<\/a> to learn more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Learn more about the WIM Fund&rsquo;s recipient organization in the category of access to employment and entrepreneurship for women.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":33179,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42,61],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33171","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-blog-post"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - 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