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Title:

Joining Hands to Support Girls/Women at Risk of and Living with the Consequences of FGM/

Agreement Number:

GV21275

Agreement Value:

$530,005.00

Agreement Date:

Dec 10, 2021 - Mar 31, 2024

Description:

This 28-month project will support a feminist response and recovery from the current impacts of COVID-19 through systemic change. The End FGM Canada Network will address knowledge gaps in medical, education, and child protection areas, by creating interactive learning modules in both official languages through partnering with key individuals knowledgeable on female genital mutilation/cutting. At the end of the project, the organization will have contributed to addressing systemic barriers by advancing inclusive policies and practices; increasing knowledge, networks and collaboration to accelerate systemic change; and addressing persistent harmful gender norms and attitudes to support women’s equality. This project seeks to address systemic discrimination against girls at risk of female genital mutilation/cutting and survivors through informed professionals across sectors (health, education, child protection) who will be trained to spot and protect girls at risk and to give trauma-informed, culturally sensitive care to survivors. The organization will create partnerships between survivors, and education and mental health professionals to build trauma informed educational modules, and develop its network while hosting quarterly ongoing sector specific bilingual webinars with national and international experts to enhance understanding of issues surrounding FGM/C.

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:

West Vancouver, British Columbia, CA V7W 2T5

Reference Number:

001-2021-2022-Q3-00039

Agreement Type:

Contribution

Report Type:

Grants and Contributions

Recipient Type:

Not-for-profit organization or charity

Recipient's Legal Name:

End FGM Canada Network Society

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.