Grants and Contributions:

Women in the Darién: Survivors of the Road of Death

HT230382

$297,171.00

Nov 15, 2023 - Mar 31, 2025

Through this 15-month project, the Mouvement contre le viol et l’inceste / Collectif de femmes de Montréal (MCVI) will help prevent and address human trafficking. To do so, the MCVI will enhance its interventions to accommodate the specific needs of migrant women who have crossed the Darién Gap (a region linking Panama and Colombia). The widespread violence and forms of trafficking associated with this journey make these women’s trauma more complex, requiring tailored interventions. In addition, these women are at an increased risk of trafficking (for sexual exploitation and/or labour) after they arrive in Canada. To achieve the project’s goal, the MCVI will enhance its promising practice for identifying and supporting trafficking survivors to reflect the complexity of the trauma these women experience. This will be done by organizing support groups and one-on-one meetings with survivors to adapt its approach and tools for intervention.

Women and Gender Equality Canada

Promising practices are incorporated by the GBV sector into new or enhanced supports for target populations.

Montreal, Quebec, CA H2P 0A1

001-2023-2024-Q3-00020

Contribution

Grants and Contributions

Not-for-profit organization or charity

Mouvement contre le viol et l'inceste Collectif de femmes de Montréal

Gender-Based Violence Program

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.