Luke's Place Support & Resource Centre for Women & Children

Published purpose

This 30-month project will develop and implement country-wide, collaborative systemic advocacy on gender-based violence and access to justice by addressing barriers within the Canadian legal system to address the root causes of gender-based violence. Luke's Place Support & Resource Centre for Women & Children will achieve this by (i) recognizing how the experience of diverse women with gender-based violence and access to justice challenges differ and overlap (ii) strengthening the capacity of violence against women agencies to advocate regionally and provincially through knowledge dissemination, resource development and training (iii) documenting trends in court decisions and procedures (iv) collaborating with the National Association of Women and the Law to build and resource a National Feminist Law and Policy Reform Coalition and make reform recommendations to key stakeholders and (v) expanding Luke’s Place media leadership. Collaboration with national, francophone, Indigenous and other organizations serving specific communities will ensure the diversity of women’s experience of gender-based violence is acknowledged and understood. At the end of the project, the organization will have advanced inclusive policies and practices, supported positive distribution of authority, voice and decision-making, developed networks and collaborations, and changed norms and attitudes. The effectiveness of these initiatives will be documented through an external project evaluation. National Association of Women and the Law is the key project partner.