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Title:

Saving Our Sisters (SOS) Alliance and Human Trafficking Intervention Initiative

Agreement Number:

HT20383

Agreement Value:

$399,088.00

Agreement Date:

Feb 9, 2021 - Mar 31, 2024

Description:

This 37-month project with the Sudbury Women’s Centre (SWC) will develop and implement promising practices through the establishment of the Saving Our Sisters (SOS) Alliance Human Trafficking Intervention Initiative to advance knowledge and enhance empowerment supports for underserved at-risk populations and survivors of human trafficking in Northern Ontario. This will be achieved by 1) performing outreach and leading support for victims/survivors of human trafficking through the Saving Our Sisters (SOS) Alliance and Northern Ontario Human Trafficking Intervention Initiative, as well as providing intervention training; and 2) developing and implementing a Healing Program, including one-on-one counselling and/or cultural advising, and group support. At the end of the project, the organization will have 1) established the SOS Alliance and Human Trafficking Intervention Initiative in Northern Ontario to improve leadership for better outcomes for victims/survivors; 2) identified and implemented potential actions/initiatives to address gaps for underserved populations; and 3) enhanced collaboration to include Indigenous agencies and human trafficking survivors to address the need for safe, collaborative, and protective intervention strategies and empowerment supports in Northern Ontario. The project will include an external evaluation that will look at the success and scalability of the promising practices.

Organization:

Women and Gender Equality Canada

Expected Results:

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

Location:

Sudbury, Ontario, CA P3C 1V8

Reference Number:

001-2020-2021-Q4-00048

Agreement Type:

Contribution

Report Type:

Grants and Contributions

Recipient Type:

Not-for-profit organization or charity

Recipient's Legal Name:

Sudbury Women's Centre

Program:

Gender-Based Violence Program

Program Purpose:

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.