Grants and Contributions:

Empowering communities to prevent GBV: non-legal responses and increasing capacity for community-based accountability

GV230340

$522,856.00

Nov 15, 2023 - Mar 31, 2027

Through this 41-month project, Ottawa Coalition to End Violence Against Women (OCTEVAW), Vivic Research and partners will conduct research that will help improve GBV services for at-risk groups. The project will aim to better understand non-legal approaches to support racialized, newcomer, refugee survivors of gender-based violence. To do so, the project will conduct a targeted literature review and environmental scan; host community engagement sessions including one on one interviews with community stakeholders and engage gender-based violence advocates in research project. OCTEVAW and its partners including Vivic Research will host knowledge dissemination activities to share information on the research findings. With the Supplemental funds and extension provided in early 2026, the Ottawa Coalition to End Violence Against Women will 1) Conduct Stakeholder Engagement & Strategic Communications – strengthen uptake of research findings among different stakeholders through targeted messaging and engagement; 2) Build Community-Based Prevention Frameworks & Plan for Sustainability – transition research findings into practical prevention frameworks and partnership models; 3) Conduct Knowledge Outputs & Multilingual Dissemination – ensure research outputs are accessible, culturally relevant, and are being incorporated to service provision. Through this they will further advance Gender Equality.

Women and Gender Equality Canada

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

Ottawa, Ontario, CA K1R 6K7

001-2023-2024-Q3-00043

Contribution

Grants and Contributions

Not-for-profit organization or charity

Increase of agreement value, Change of end date

May 21, 2026

Ottawa Coalition to End Violence Against Women (OCTEVAW)

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.