Mannawanis Native Friendship Centre Society

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Through this 24-month project, Mannawanis Native Friendship Centre Society will increase its capacity to prevent and address gender-based violence (GBV) against Indigenous women, girls, or 2SLGBTQIA+ community members. This will be achieved by collaborating with community partners, conducting research, and engaging with elders, families, and victims of gender-based violence. The organization will facilitate Indigenous circles to identify gaps, compile research, strategies and develop recommendations to advance best practices, create GBV focused tools and a manual, train staff and community partners and host an engagement session to share the results. By the end of this project, Mannawanis Native Friendship Centre Society will have strengthened its capacity to prevent and address GBV against Métis women, girls, and 2SLGBTQQIA+ individuals, with a focus on creating a manual that exemplifies best practices for empowering Indigenous women, girls and 2SLGBTQI+ communities.