Grants and Contributions:
Title:
Improving Sexual Assault Responses in BC’s COVID-19 Recovery: Strengthening Gender-Based Violence and Health Sector Partnerships
Agreement Number:
BC21276
Agreement Value:
$382,132.00
Agreement Date:
Nov 1, 2021 - Mar 31, 2024
Description:
This 29-month project will support a feminist response and recovery to address the current impacts of COVID-19, through systemic change. Ending Violence Association of British Columbia (EVA BC) will achieve this by building and evaluating a provincial network of gender-based violence and health sector partners providing services to sexual assault survivors, identifying strengths, gaps, and opportunities in sexual assault services, resources, and training, developing principles and guidelines to inform and support policy development in the health sector, developing a patient/survivor navigator framework and creating an online provincial training and resource hub to support health and community based sexual assault service providers.
At the end of the project, the organization will have contributed to addressing systemic barriers by increasing networks and collaboration to accelerate systemic change.
Organization:
Women and Gender Equality Canada
Expected Results:
Women and stakeholders have access to supports to address issues relating to equality between women and men.
Location:
Vancouver, British Columbia, CA V6B 1L8
Reference Number:
001-2021-2022-Q4-00028
Agreement Type:
Contribution
Report Type:
Grants and Contributions
Recipient Type:
Not-for-profit organization or charity
Additional Information:
Decrease of agreement value
Amendment Date
Jan 23, 2024
Recipient's Legal Name:
EVA BC (Ending Violence Association of British Columbia)
Program:
Women's Program
Program Purpose:
The purpose of the Women’s Program is to advance equality for women in Canada by working to address or remove systemic barriers impeding women’s progress and advancement. The WP supports the Government of Canada’s goal of advancing gender equality in Canada. It is consistent with Government of Canada priorities related to economic prosperity, and supports Canada’s international commitments related to gender equality.
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