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Title:

miyo pimistisiwin (The Good Life)

Agreement Number:

SO220070

Agreement Value:

$391,000.00

Agreement Date:

Sep 1, 2023 - Aug 31, 2025

Description:

Through this 24-month project, Mannawanis Native Friendship Centre Society will increase its capacity to prevent and address gender-based violence (GBV) against Indigenous women, girls, or 2SLGBTQIA+ community members. This will be achieved by collaborating with community partners, conducting research, and engaging with elders, families, and victims of gender-based violence. The organization will facilitate Indigenous circles to identify gaps, compile research, strategies and develop recommendations to advance best practices, create GBV focused tools and a manual, train staff and community partners and host an engagement session to share the results. By the end of this project, Mannawanis Native Friendship Centre Society will have strengthened its capacity to prevent and address GBV against Métis women, girls, and 2SLGBTQQIA+ individuals, with a focus on creating a manual that exemplifies best practices for empowering Indigenous women, girls and 2SLGBTQI+ communities.

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:

St. Paul, Alberta, CA T0A 3A0

Reference Number:

001-2023-2024-Q2-00072

Agreement Type:

Contribution

Report Type:

Grants and Contributions

Recipient Type:

Aboriginal recipient

Recipient's Legal Name:

Mannawanis Native Friendship Centre Society

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.