March 29, 2019
In this brief prepared for the Standing Committee on the Status of Women in Canada (FEWO), DAWN Canada highlights that it is essential to include a disability lens in examining the gendered dynamics of aging, as the prevalence of disability rises with age. Senior women, who are more likely to have disabilities, face similar barriers to those experienced by women with disabilities, and these challenges are further shaped by intersecting identities such as race and ethnicity.
In this brief prepared for the Standing Committee on the Status of Women in Canada (FEWO), DAWN Canada highlights that it is essential to include a disability lens in examining the gendered dynamics of aging, as the prevalence of disability rises with age. Senior women, who are more likely to have disabilities, face similar barriers to those experienced by women with disabilities, and these challenges are further shaped by intersecting identities such as race and ethnicity.
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DAWN (DisAbled Women’s Network) Canada is pleased to present its pre-budget submission to the Minister of Finance for the federal budget 2025-26. As a national organization that works to address systems of oppression, we welcome the opportunity to provide these insights to help build a new, inclusive Canadian economy.
Established in 1985, DAWN Canada is a national feminist, cross-disability human rights organization that works to address systems of oppression. We focus on addressing issues of disability through our four pillars: research, learning, policy and advocacy. DAWN’s mission is to end the poverty, isolation, discrimination and violence experienced by women, girls and gender-diverse people who live with disabilities and/or are Deaf in Canada.
