Grants and Contributions

This project aims to increase the protection of the rights of women, youth and children by the justice system in the Eastern Caribbean (St. Lucia, Dominica, Grenada, St. Vincent and the Grenadines). It will provide technical assistance to the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court, High Courts and Magistrates Courts in each national jurisdiction to improve the functioning of the courts and deliver fair and transparent justice. It will increase the capacity of vulnerable populations to know and exercise their rights through judicial processes and will increase the capacity of judges, prosecutors, public defenders targeting Sexual and Gender Based Violence (SGBV) to reduce delays in the system for sexual offences among other matters.

This project aims to update FamiliesChange.ca, producing new, bilingual information for kids, teens and parents. The content provides a child's rights approach aligned with newer family justice approaches and child development brain science. The project will also aim to produce a series of new videos for children and teens as well as interactive content, such as online games, tools for sharing their voice, and social media connections.

In partnership with the Justice Education Society, the Progressive Intercultural Community Services Society will develop concise legal information material based on the most common needs or marginalized and racialized clients.

This 30-month project will support a feminist response and recovery from the current impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, through systemic change. The Justice Education Society of British Colombia will achieve this by improving working conditions for childcare workers, increasing access to licenced childcare, providing education on employment rights and business operations, and increasing stakeholder collaboration and peer mentorship.

This 36-month project with the Justice Education Society of BC will develop, implement, and evaluate prevention and intervention programs that will enhance empowerment supports to advance knowledge and enhance empowerment supports for at-risk women and girls, as well as women, especially Indigenous women, survivors of human trafficking in British Columbia.

This project aims to improve the capacity to combat human trafficking, reduce impunity for transnational criminal networks, and provide greater human rights protection to victims, particularly for women and girls, in Panama, Colombia, and Costa Rica. Project activities include: (1) providing advanced training program for specialized investigators in Panama on gender-responsive investigation protocols to collection valuable evidence, existing laws and regulations, human rights, gender bias and stereotypes, and trauma-informed human trafficking; (2) developing expert analysis reports on the prevalence of Human Trafficking in the region and the gender-informed response by justice institutions, taking into account human rights, gender bias, stereotypes and Gender-Based Violence, and disseminated among regional justice professionals and policy-makers; (3) conducting regional training workshops on human trafficking and transnational crime for prosecutors, investigators and analysts on Major Case Management, transnational investigations, cyber analysis and financial analysis, with a gender perspective; and (4) providing coaching to prosecutors in strengthening prosecution strategies and techniques for human trafficking cases, using a human rights approach and a gender-sensitive approach.

This project aims to strengthen the justice system’s response to high rates of gender-based crimes in Honduras, including femicides and crimes against LGBTQ2 persons, in eight departments in the country with the highest reported incidence of these offences. The goal is to improve investigations and enhance the prosecution of gender-based crimes through better preparation and argumentation of legal cases and support to and protection of victims.
Project activities include: (1) providing training and technical assistance to investigators, prosecutors and judges on investigation and case management techniques; (2) developing a quality control system for investigations of sexual and gender-based violence; (3) developing a system to monitor the progress and outcomes of all offences reported to the Attorney General’s Office; (4) supporting existing pilot initiatives like the use of video conferencing for testimony to protect the identity of victims and prevent re-victimization, and the use of DNA to enhance the effectiveness of evidence; (5) strengthening government and civil society support structures for victims of gender-based violence.

The project will adapt two online public legal education information tools to provide culturally sensitive information for separated or divorced parents from Indigenous communities in Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut.