Specialists in the field anonymously review each paper and provide comments on: • The accuracy, completeness and timeliness of the information presented; • The extent to which the methodology used and the data collected support the analysis and recommendations; • The original contribution the report would make to existing work on this subject, and its usefulness to equality-seeking organizations, [...] The findings from the in-depth interviews helped illuminate the nuances of women’s lived experiences accessing and using social capital and the dynamics and impact of social capital on women’s social and economic well-being. [...] The study employed 12 dependent variables of network size (total number of persons named), eight dependent variables of absolute composition (number of kin, number of non-kin, number of neighbours, number of friends, number of co-workers, number of group members, number of advisors and number of others) and three variables of relative composition (proportion of kin, number of kin types and number [...] In an extensive review of the literature on social capital and economic outcomes for immigrants and ethnic minorities in Canada, Li (2004) drew our attention to some of the ambiguities that underlie conceptualizations of the dimensions of social capital. [...] Despite such misgivings, Li acknowledged that several elements of social capital are consistent in the literature: social capital as a form of resource that individuals may mobilize as a result of 9 being attached to a group, social capital’s resourcefulness depends on the intensity and extensity of social ties present in the groups, and social capital’s production requires the investment and main