Refugee Women's NetworK
Refugee Women's NetworK
English is a crucial tool for women to help settle in their communities. Being able to communicate proficiently enables women to advocate for their children, speak to their doctors about their care and provide them with opportunities to upgrade their education.
Proficiency in English is a significant empowering tool which will change the life of a woman from being withdrawn and afraid to empowered and an advocate. The confidence motivates refugee and immigrant women to upgrade their education and pursue higher education.
An educated woman can help provide for her family and feel like a contributing member both to her family and to her community.
Sign up and learn online via Zoom. Laptops are provided for class use only.
Women Helping Women allows women to connect with other women who are newcomers and are facing challenges through their settlement. This session is offered online via Zoom.
Sign up to receive a laptop to use for our weekly session.
The opportunities for networking gives refugee and new immigrant women an environment to share their hopes and fears in a safe space. It also empowers women to know they are not facing the journey alone. Knowing you have the support to guide you through resettlement can give a woman the confidence she needs to become successful.
Together we can help them find access to supportive programs and help them adjust to their new community.
All sessions are confidential.
Women arriving to Canada with a professional designation must retrain to re-qualify in Canada. This can be burdensome for many to not being able to practice their profession in their new country and leads them to be disheartened and depressed. For some, they will have to learn English before they can begin their retraining.
Investing in a woman's future is investing in her family's future. It changes her life as she becomes a role model to her children, breaking the cycle of dependency and poverty. She will inspire her children to reach for their potential.
Completing skills based training programs will ensure qualified training leading to a rewarding career, helping her to support her family, financially, emotionally, and become a confident, empowered member of the economic fabric.
The measure of success is dependent on the objective of each woman attending the program. For some this may be only to learn English enough to hold everyday conversations and be able to advocate for their children. Or simply being able to know enough English to seek employment. For other women, determined to create a change, it will be passing the College entry exam and pursuing higher academic education.
If half of the 12,000 women don’t have a high school education, then they are not going to be able to help their children succeed. But with you on our side, we can capture as many women in the many communities and help change the course of their journey and that of their children.
If we impact a woman’s journey in a positive way by any measure, then we have made a difference and that is a success.
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