Grants and Contributions

Additionally, there will be a new building entrance extension which will contain an accessible elevator and a family/non-gendered accessible washroom.

Thunder Bay Counselling will hire a psychotherapist to specialize in trauma-informed care for gender-based violence and sexual assault. Specialized counselling will be developed to meet the needs of underserved communities.

Through this 16-month project, Cultura will build stronger capacity of 2SLGTBQI+ community organizations and networks to advance 2SLGTBQI+ equality. It will address the need to develop an organization that supports 2SLGBTQI+ newcomers, refugees, BIPOC and cultural minorities living in Toronto to express their culture and traditions through artistry. The project will include the incorporation of the organization, the development of an organizational structure and key governance processes, and investigation of options for long-term financial sustainability.

Building social capacities for the dignified social reintegration of women who have been deprived of freedom through training sessions on identifying, recognizing and preventing gender-based violence.

Through this 28-month project, Halifax Pride will address the needs and barriers to equality for 2SLGBTQIA+ communities, specifically for the 2SLGBTQIA+ non-profit sector and the QTBIPOC community at large in Nova Scotia. This will be achieved by conducting outreach initiatives through surveys and interviews to gather information and identify gaps for both individuals and community organizations, and by creating public accessed focus groups related to skill development and access to professional opportunities regionally. At the end of the project, Halifax Pride will have developed anti-oppression and anti-racism guidelines and best practices for 2SLGTBQIA+ non-profit sector, and offer recommendations to improve skill development, access, and engagement for the QTBIPOC community.

Through this 16-month project, Shelter Movers will build its capacity to advance gender equality. This will be achieved by addressing fundraising skills gaps so the organization can secure sustainable funding to continue providing moving and storage services to women and children fleeing domestic abuse.

Through this 28 -month project, West Flat Citizens Group Inc. will address the needs and barriers to equality for 2SLGBTQI+ communities. This will be achieved by promoting agency, establishing leadership council of Indigenous members of the 2SLGBTQIA and creating tools for use in the broader community to address barriers and discrimination, promoting inclusion and collaboration through coalition and network The organization will use cultural and arts-based methods to create and share knowledge and education to promote equality and wellbeing of 2SLGBTQI+ individuals across the province.

Preventing, sanctioning and eradicating gender based violence against women judges in Costa Rica through an investigation / diagnostic on existing violence, prevention strategy development, facilitation of a healing process and implementation of a care-model for victims of political violence.

Strengthening the resilience and empowerment of Nicaraguan women affected by the socio-political crisis through documenting / photo-reporting / testimonies / multi-media reporting on the challenges facing Nicaraguan trans gender and campesina women and children of ex-political prisoners, and the violations of their human rights.

RWVL supports local and regional women’s rights organizations (WROs), lesbian, bisexual, transgender, queer and intersex plus (LBTQI+) groups and feminist networks working to promote the rights of women and girls and advance gender equality in developing countries. The renewed program continues to respond to the globally recognized and significant gap in funding and support for WROs and movements worldwide and includes enhanced support for WROs, LBTQI+ organizations, and women human rights defenders working in crisis- and conflict-affected settings and a more intentional approach to reaching structurally excluded groups.