Grants and Contributions:
Title:
Roots of Safety: Centering Racialized Women in GBV Systems of Care
Agreement Number:
GV21249
Agreement Value:
$421,032.00
Agreement Date:
Nov 1, 2021 - Mar 31, 2024
Description:
This 29-month project will develop and implement a survivor-centred safety and empowerment planning framework called Roots of Safety to address the root causes of gender-based violence. DIVERSEcity will achieve this by engaging immigrant, refugee, ethnocultural, racialized women (IRER) gender-based violence (GBV) survivors to lead service providers in critical reflection on policy and practice, addressing discriminatory GBV prevention and response policies, and creating processes for ongoing collaboration.
At the end of the project, the organization will have developed a promising practice to address persistent harmful gender norms and attitudes, increased networks and collaboration to accelerate systemic change, encourage more equitable, advance inclusive policies and practices, and effective sharing of resources, and support positive distribution of authority, voices, and decision-making power to support women’s equality.
This project will result in a collaborative design of a web-based tool for IRER women survivor-led solutions for GBV prevention and response. Key partners for this project will include, BC Society of Transition Housing, Ending Violence BC, City of Surrey, Surrey-North Delta Division of Family Practices, and law enforcement agencies.
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:
Surrey, British Columbia, CA V3W 2W3
Reference Number:
190-2021-2022-Q3-004
Agreement Type:
Contribution
Report Type:
Grants and Contributions
Recipient Type:
Not-for-profit organization or charity
Additional Information:
Decrease of agreement value
Amendment Date
Nov 1, 2023
Recipient's Legal Name:
DIVERSEcity Community Resources 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.
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