Building an inclusive community
... fosteringvirtual
activism & individual empowerment locally
and globally
DAWN
Ontario
DAWN
Ontario is a progressive,
volunteer-driven, feminist
organization promoting social justice, human rights & the advancement
of equality rights through
education, research, advocacy, coalition-building, resource development, &
information technology.
Our
mission is to generate
knowledge, information and skills to secure the inclusion,
citizenship, human rights and equality of women and girls with disabilities.
We
work to illuminate the causes & multidimensional consequences of the growing
inequality of wealth, income, power & opportunity in
Canada; and to move this critical national problem onto the front
burner of Canadian politics and public discourse.
DAWN
Ontario is the only provincial, feminist, cross-disAbility organization in Ontario
providing leadership in advocating for inclusion and equality of disAbled women.
We receive No Funding
and have No Paid Staff!
Cross-sectoral
networks are our strength We believe that powerful, proactive networks
can create change:
We
work at the grassroots level to generate
knowledge, information and skills to secure the inclusion
of women and girls with disabilities.
We
strive to develop inclusive outreach strategies to reduce the social isolation
experienced by marginalized women's communities.
We
address the systemic issues that impact on tghe social and economic realities
of women and girls with disabilities.
The
Universal Declaration of the Human Rights recognizes that all persons
are born free and equal, and are entitled to live with dignity and exercise
the same rights. Social exclusion violates human rights and the basic
principle of equality.
"The
most inescapable reality for women with disabilities is POVERTY!" ~
DAWN Ontario
"Injustice
anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."
~ Marquis de Vauvenargues
Feminist
Principles, Practices and Processes Feminist
principles guide the work that we do within equality-seeking organizations, as
well as the way that we do it. These are the feminist principles of:
