Centre d’établissement des Nouveaux Immigrants de Peel (CENIP)

Published purpose

This 36-month project aims to increase advocacy for the fight against Gender-based and Female genital Mutilation is included in COVID-19 response plans with health authorities and racialized community leaders in Ontario, Quebec, Alberta, British Columbia and Manitoba. The COVID-19 Pandemic has made living in a violent household more challenging for young black and racialized girls. This project will engage and establish working partnerships with new commers, racialized and immigrant girls, and community organizations working in the field of violence against women and girls, community leaders stakeholders and potential allies, to identify key issues, challenges and gaps, that these girls are facing during the pandemic. The project will then develop evidence-based and culturally appropriate promising strategies to address violence again girls by organizing local community protection plans for victims of gender-based violence and female genital mutilation. In addition this project will create a national framework on the issue, increase collaboration with gender-based organizations and community service providers to prevent or respond to this issue.