1. Have Women Arrived in 2016? Presented By: The Regional Diversity Roundtable of Peel Promoting respect and equity within organizations and institutions for an inclusive and harmonious community March 7, 2016

2. Roundtable Discussion Sharing promising practices Systemic Barriers Achieving Success

3. Courageous Conversations* When I hear, see, or feel ____________________ __ I know that sexism is happening in my community. Nicole Bonnie, PCAS*

4. ‘ Women are better off than before…’ Roe vs. Wade (1988) 62% of university graduates 47% of the labour force 19.5% board of directors on fortune 500 companies 50% of Cabinet BUT Of 4.5 million Canadians in poverty: 36% are aboriginal women, 35% visible minority women, 21% single mothers, 14% older women Immigrant women earn average of $6.60 per hour less than non-immigrant men 60% of women with disabilities experience some form of violence Half of all women in Canada have experienced at least one incident of physical or sexual violence since the age of 16

5. What’s Happening in Peel? Diverse Women: Trans women, aboriginal women, women of colour, immigrant women, disabled women, queer women, elderly women, poor and homeless women, occupied women, undocumented women, women in prisons, women who are sex workers, women who are single parents, women who are more than one of the above Who has been doing / has done the work?

6. How do we create change for women?

7. Building Awareness What role does building awareness play in creating change?

8. Digging Deeper: Now What Building awareness can only go so far in creating change

9. Moving Beyond March 8th Actualizing in these priority areas: Workplaces Community Services Neighbourhoods and Communities

10. RDR Think Tank Barriers Strategies Resources Needed

11. Take-Aways Resource List Our Now-What What will you try to implement this year?

12. The Regional Diversity Roundtable Promoting respect and equity within organizations and institutions for an inclusive and harmonious community 905-457-7288 x258 rdr@regionaldiversityroundtable.org www.regionaldiversityroundtable.org @rdrpeel #HowToDEI Thank You!