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Who We Are

Welcome to Afya Collective! We are a black female-led non-profit organization. Our goal is to provide well-rounded guidance for black women and girls to navigate through the barriers to holistic wellbeing. Afya refers to being in a state of health in Swahili. We focus on three key components of wellbeing; Afya Soul, Afya Body, and Afya Spirit. Through our programs, we promote and advocate for the mental, social, spiritual and physical health of Black women. Afya Collective is a safe space to connect, learn and heal from the inside out.

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Numbers Speak

At Afya Collective, we are dedicated to services that will give black women opportunities to succeed in their communities.

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The Rates of Working Poverty
In the greater Toronto area, one of the highest rates of working poverty was among Black women at 10.5%, more than twice the rates for white male workers and white female workers (at 4.8% and 4.7%, respectively). 2
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Earned for every dollar

Black women earn “59 cents” for every dollar of non-racialized men. Unemployment among Black women is roughly twice the rate of non-racialized women (12.2% vs 6.4%). 4

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Data relevant to Black Women
In one study’s review on breast and cervical cancer in Black Canadians, less than 1% of research papers examined health data relevant to Black women. 3

  1. City of Toronto (2017). Action Plan to Confront Anti-Black Racism. Retrieved from  https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2017/ex/bgrd/backgroundfile-109126.pdf
  1. John Stapleton, et al. (2019) The Working Poor in the Toronto Region: A closer look at the increasing numbers. Metcalfe Foundation. The working poor are defined as those between the ages of 18 and 64, outside of school, living independently, with an after-tax income below the Low-Income Measure (LIM), earning at least $3,000 a year.
  1. Nnorom O, Findlay N, Lee-Foon NK, et al. Dying to learn: A scoping review of breast and cervical cancer studies focusing on Black Canadian women. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved. Johns Hopkins University Press 2019;30:1331-1359.
  1. Statistics Canada, 2016 Census of Population, Catalogue No. 98-400-X2016210.
  1. Turcotte, Martin. Results from the 2016 Census: Education and labour market integration of Black youth in Canada. Insights on Canadian Society. February 25, 2020. Statistics Canada, Catalogue no. 75-006-X. https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/75-006-x/2020001/article/00002-eng.htm
  2. Unit, J. C. K. N. M. C. A. R. O. T. O. C. O. A. S. I. (2020a, February 20). Black Women in Canada. Behind the Numbers. https://behindthenumbers.ca/shorthand/black-women-in-canada/ 

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