Grants and Contributions:

Circles of Women: A Prevention EmergPromising Practice in the Lives of Immigrant and Migrant Women

GV230273

$494,900.00

Aug 30, 2023 - Mar 31, 2026

Through this 29-month project, Immigrant Migrant Women Association of Halifax (IMWAH) will develop and put in place an emergent promising practice to strengthen the GBV sector. It will address equality of access to information, services, and supports for im∕migrant women to improve their status in Canada's economic, social, and political life and prevent abuse and GBV. The project will foster a collaborative multi-stakeholder approach among service providers in the GBV sector and women's cultural organizations; strengthen an intersectional service and prevention approach that is responsive to im/migrant women’s experience of GBV. It will also work with im∕migrant women and girls to improve their sense of belonging and prevent instances of abuse and GBV in their lives, increasing their knowledge of and access to services available to them to prevent abuse and family violence. To do so, the project will include the development of the emergent promising practice, development of resources and implementation of a peer support group and deliver information sessions to key stakeholders. An external evaluator will measure and assess the impact of this project and the emergent promising practice. IMWAH will share this Promising Practice Report with the GBV Knowledge Centre, the Nova Scotia Domestic Violence Resource Centre, as well as through knowledge dissemination activities, such as conferences and symposiums, so that other organizations may replicate it or expand upon it

Women and Gender Equality Canada

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

Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, CA B2X 2B5

001-2023-2024-Q3-00157

Contribution

Grants and Contributions

Not-for-profit organization or charity

Immigrant Migrant Women's Association of Halifax

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.