Grants and Contributions:

Enhancing the Capacity of Gender-Based Violence Organizations to Respond to and Recover from COVID-19

NA21916

$4,500,000.00

Jul 20, 2021 - Dec 31, 2023

This project will support the capacity of sexual assault centres (SACs) and other gender-based violence (GBV) service organizations to deliver essential programs and services in response to the ongoing health and safety crisis posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. It will enhance the ability of SACs and GBV service organizations to adapt and re-design essential programs and services as necessary while responding to specific capacity and community needs. It will also enable SACs and GBV service organizations to maintain operations both during and after the pandemic and continue to serve the needs of women, girls, LGBTQ22SLGBTQQIA+, and gender non-binary people experiencing violence to advance gender equality in Canada. Canadian Women’s Foundation (CWF) will engage and consult with key stakeholders in order to implement a fair, transparent, and efficient process to distribute funding to SACs and GBV service organizations across Canada, outside of Quebec. This funding aims to address the specific needs of SACs and GBV service organizations and ensure they are better equipped to respond to local and emerging contexts, both during and after the pandemic. CWF will coordinate the gathering and consolidation of information from funding Recipients to determine how and to what extent the funding has impacted their organizational capacity to respond to and recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. Other activities may be undertaken, as needed, including the communication of results, dissemination of knowledge, and sharing of best practices among SACs and GBV service organizations across Canada. This supplemental funding will be used to expand the reach of the project to support ultimate recipients in meeting unmet demands while continuing to respond to local and emerging contexts.

Women and Gender Equality Canada

Women and stakeholders have access to supports to address issues relating to equality between women and men.

Toronto, Ontario, CA M4S 3E2

001-2022-2023-Q4-00017

Contribution

Grants and Contributions

Not-for-profit organization or charity

Jan 10, 2023

Canadian Women's Foundation

Women's Program

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.