St. Mary of Egypt Refuge

Published purpose

This 28-month project will support a feminist response and recovery from the current impacts of COVID-19, through systemic change. St. Mary of Egypt Refuge will achieve this by collaborating with partner organizations to organize workshops to engage with women with lived experience, towards developing and piloting a program to better support and address the needs of Human Traffic (HT) survivors. In collaboration with a network of community organizations, the project will produce recommendations to enhance practices and policies to prevent HT and support HT survivors. At the end of the project, the organization will have contributed to addressing systemic barriers by increasing networks and collaboration to accelerate systemic change, supporting positive distribution of authority, voices, and decision-making power, and advancing inclusive policies and practices to support women’s equality. The piloted tools and approaches as well as recommendations resulting from this project will be shared widely with the participant HT survivors, relevant community organizations and institutions to inform practices and policies.