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Title:

Collaboration to help immigrant women experiencing violence access resources for assistance

Agreement Number:

GV21024

Agreement Value:

$500,000.00

Agreement Date:

Feb 21, 2022 - Mar 31, 2024

Description:

This 27-month project will develop and establish a cross-sectoral community of practice working on behalf of racialized women at risk of or experiencing gender-based violence in order to tackle the language barrier problem that many of these women face. The Accompagnement des femmes immigrantes de l’Outaouais (AFIO) will achieve this goal by bringing together community and institutional partners to create a joint action plan that offers recommendations on designing more appropriate interventions for racialized women. The organization will develop and publish a software program that provides users access to a bank of trained interpreters who are familiar with gender-based violence related issues, enabling them to offer users appropriate cultural and linguistic support and promoting exchanges between racialized women and the interveners serving them. By the end of the project, the organization aims to have instituted collective strategies on targeted areas that integrate the needs of racialized women at risk of or experiencing gender-based violence into the planning phase.

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:

Gatineau, Quebec, CA J8X 2G7

Reference Number:

001-2021-2022-Q4-00002

Agreement Type:

Contribution

Report Type:

Grants and Contributions

Recipient Type:

Not-for-profit organization or charity

Recipient's Legal Name:

Accompagnement des femmes immigrantes de l'Outaouais (AFIO)

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.