Grants and Contributions:

Community-Based Primary Prevention Supports: Capacity-Building Groups for GBV Prevention for and by Ethnocultural Leaders

GV230332

$450,081.00

Nov 10, 2023 - Mar 31, 2026

Through this 30-month project, Association for the Alberta Network of Immigrant Women (ANIW) will scale its Well-being Group (WBG) for Latino immigrant men to strengthen the GBV sector. It will scale it to men and women in five ethnocultural communities (Bhutanese, Ethiopian, Filipino, Iranian, and Nepalese), as well as to couples in three of these communities that have been identified as being of highest priority. It will address the need for ethnoculturally appropriate and relevant promising and evidence-based primary violence prevention programs. To do so, the project will adapt WBG training materials for delivery to new population groups; engage, train, and support cultural peers to facilitate the project’s WBG group sessions; evaluate the applicability and impact of facilitator onboarding training; and form a Learning Collaborative which will share knowledge, build collective capacity, and support a developmental project evaluation process. ANIW will develop infographics, community reports, and social media content and host events and webinars to share information on the promising practice with others so that they may replicate it or expand upon it. The project will partner with Alberta Men’s Network (AMN) and the University of Calgary (UofC) to leverage expertise and networks. AMN has extensive experience in engaging men for social change and will utilize their community networks and social media platforms to assist with project recruitment, knowledge dissemination, and public engagement. U of C will leverage their social transformation research expertise to oversee the design, implementation, and analysis of the scaled WBG program and its developmental evaluation.

Women and Gender Equality Canada

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

Calgary, Alberta, CA T2E 3K8

001-2023-2024-Q3-00061

Contribution

Grants and Contributions

Not-for-profit organization or charity

Association for the Alberta Network of Immigrant Women

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.