Grants and Contributions:
Title:
Breaking Silence, Building Communities
Agreement Number:
NA21019
Agreement Value:
$483,333.00
Agreement Date:
Aug 29, 2021 - Mar 31, 2024
Description:
This 31-month project will support a feminist response and recovery from the current impacts of COVID-19, through systemic change. Abuse Hurts will achieve this by developing and implementing community-based approaches to address intersectional barriers to equality for diverse women, developing and implementing prevention focused initiatives to combat gender based violence and building relationships between equality seeking organizations and other stakeholders to collaborate across sectors to advance gender equality.
At the end of the project, the organization will have contributed to addressing systemic barriers by increasing networks and collaboration to accelerate systemic change, advancing inclusive policies and practices and addressing persistent harmful gender norms and attitudes to support women’s equality.
Organization:
Women and Gender Equality Canada
Expected Results:
Women and stakeholders have access to supports to address issues relating to equality between women and men.
Location:
Newmarket, Ontario, CA L3Y 7B2
Reference Number:
001-2021-2022-Q3-00061
Agreement Type:
Contribution
Report Type:
Grants and Contributions
Recipient Type:
Not-for-profit organization or charity
Recipient's Legal Name:
Canadian Centre for Abuse Awareness (Abuse Hurts)
Program:
Women's Program
Program Purpose:
The purpose of the Women’s Program is to advance equality for women in Canada by working to address or remove systemic barriers impeding women’s progress and advancement. The WP supports the Government of Canada’s goal of advancing gender equality in Canada. It is consistent with Government of Canada priorities related to economic prosperity, and supports Canada’s international commitments related to gender equality.