Grants and Contributions:

Phoenix Program: Support for migrant women survivors of violence and exploitation

HT20338

$399,373.00

Apr 1, 2021 - Mar 31, 2024

This 36-month project with Mouvement contre le viol et l’inceste / Collectif de femmes de Montreal will develop and implement trauma-informed intervention practices to strengthen the psychosocial intervention program to advance knowledge and enhance empowerment supports for at-risk migrant women and survivors of human trafficking. This will be achieved by acknowledging the complexities of trafficking and their link to other forms of gender-based violence, creating a safe space for processing traumatic experiences, breaking down social isolation and building social connexions, providing concrete supports in taking the steps to rebuild lives in the aftermath of trafficking and informing migrant women on their rights, and referring them to specific resources as needed. At the end of the project, the organization will have strengthened and increased its capacity to serve trafficked migrant women through the integration of best practices in its existing psychosocial intervention program, which aims to empower migrant women to overcome the consequences of living through exploitation and violence. The project will include an external evaluation. The purpose of the external evaluation is to evaluate the promising practice(s) that was developed, tested and implemented during the course of this project. The evaluator will be external to the organization and will have experience and expertise in evaluation.

Women and Gender Equality Canada

Promising practices are incorporated by the GBV sector into new or enhanced supports for target populations.

Montreal, Quebec, CA H2P 0A1

001-2020-2021-Q4-00039

Contribution

Grants and Contributions

Not-for-profit organization or charity

Mouvement contre le viol et l'inceste Collectif de femmes de Montréal

Gender-Based Violence Program

The purpose of the GBV Program is to strengthen the GBV sector to address gaps in supports for two groups of survivors: 1) Indigenous women and their communities, and 2) underserved populations (including women living with a disability, non-status/refugee /immigrant women, LGBTQ2S, gender non-conforming people and ethno-cultural women) in Canada. The Program provides grant and contribution funding to Canadian organizations to improve supports to help create long-term, comprehensive solutions at the national, regional, and local levels.