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Title:

Indigenous Anti-Human Trafficking Awareness Campaign

Agreement Number:

SO220045

Agreement Value:

$400,000.00

Agreement Date:

Nov 21, 2022 - Mar 31, 2025

Description:

Through this 29-month project, Dnaagdawenmag Binnoojiiyag Child and Family Services will increase its ability to prevent and address gender-based violence (GBV) against Indigenous women, girls, and 2SLGBTQI+ people in Dnaagdawenmag Binnoojiiyag Child and Family Service’s catchment area. Dnaagdawenmag Binnoojiiyag Child and Family Service’s catchment area spans 35,000 square kilometres: from Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory in the east to Beausoleil First Nation in the west, and as far as north as Bancroft. Dnaagdawenmag Binnoojiiyag Child and Family Service will achieve their project by: recruiting and hiring full-time Anti-Human Trafficking Liaison Workers; conducting internal and external environmental scans and engaging with Indigenous communities to determine needs, address barriers, and align services; creating a regional human trafficking resource guide; developing and providing training internally to staff and externally to social service organizations to develop organizational capacity; and producing a written report and advocacy strategy to share findings with the community and to relevant government officials. By the end of the project, Dnaagdawenmag Binnoojiiyag Child and Family Services will have strengthened their capacity to prevent and address GBV against Indigenous women, girls, and 2SLGBTQI+ people.

Organization:

Women and Gender Equality Canada

Expected Results:

Partnerships and collaborations are established and/or strengthened to support the LGBTQ2 movement LGBTQ2 organizations have increased knowledge and capacity to advance equality with respect to sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression.

Location:

Hiawatha First Nation, Ontario, CA K9J 0E6

Reference Number:

001-2022-2023-Q3-00016

Agreement Type:

Contribution

Report Type:

Grants and Contributions

Recipient Type:

Indigenous recipients

Recipient's Legal Name:

Dnaagdawenmag Binnoojiiyag Child & Family Services

Program:

Equality for Sex, Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and Expression Program

Program Purpose:

The purpose of ESSOGIE program is to advance social, political and economic equality with respect to sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression.

Advancement towards a greater understanding of the intersection of sex and gender with other identity factors that include race, national and ethnic origin, Indigenous origin or identity, age, sexual orientation, socio-economic condition, place of residence and disability are encouraged under the Program.