Grants and Contributions:
Title:
SAHARA GBV Girls Counselling Program
Agreement Number:
GV230319
Agreement Value:
$547,740.00
Agreement Date:
Oct 1, 2023 - Mar 31, 2026
Description:
Through this 30-month project, Punjabi Community Health Services Calgary Society will scale a promising practice of Gender-Based Violence counseling program to spread awareness and strengthen the GBV sector. The organization will scale the program to South-Asian girls aged between 12 and 18. It will address intersectional factors such as religion, gender, racism, culture, and oppression that affects South-Asian youth experiencing GBV at home and/or in their communities. To do so, the project will develop a curriculum for individual and group GBV counseling programs on how to build resiliency, seek support systems, form boundaries, and cope with trauma while learning about empathy. The organization will reach out to South-Asian participants from various settings such as schools, cultural and religious centers. Punjabi Community Health Services Calgary Society will create a written final report and information presentation to share their findings on the promising practice with schools, religious temples, and youth-focused cultural centers so that they may replicate it or expand upon it.
Organization:
Women and Gender Equality Canada
Expected Results:
Promising practices are incorporated by the GBV sector into new or enhanced supports for target populations.
Location:
Calgary, Alberta, CA T3J 0J7
Reference Number:
001-2023-2024-Q3-00076
Agreement Type:
Contribution
Report Type:
Grants and Contributions
Recipient Type:
Not-for-profit organization or charity
Recipient's Legal Name:
Punjabi Community Health Services Calgary Society
Program:
Gender-Based Violence Program
Program Purpose:
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.