Immigrant Migrant Women's Association of Halifax

Published purpose

Through this 43-month project, Immigrant Migrant Women Association of Halifax (IMWAH) will develop and put in place an emergent promising practice to strengthen the GBV sector. It will address equality of access to information, services, and supports for im∕migrant women to improve their status in Canada's economic, social, and political life and prevent abuse and GBV. The project will foster a collaborative multi-stakeholder approach among service providers in the GBV sector and women's cultural organizations; strengthen an intersectional service and prevention approach that is responsive to im/migrant women’s experience of GBV. It will also work with im∕migrant women and girls to improve their sense of belonging and prevent instances of abuse and GBV in their lives, increasing their knowledge of and access to services available to them to prevent abuse and family violence. To do so, the project will include the development of the emergent promising practice, development of resources and implementation of a peer support group and deliver information sessions to key stakeholders. An external evaluator will measure and assess the impact of this project and the emergent promising practice. IMWAH will share this Promising Practice Report with the GBV Knowledge Centre, the Nova Scotia Domestic Violence Resource Centre, as well as through knowledge dissemination activities, such as conferences and symposiums, so that other organizations may replicate it or expand upon it. With the supplemental funds and extension provided in early 2026, IMWAH will further develop, test, and refine their promising practice through a formalized advisory committee, attendance at a conference to share project findings, and through the development and delivery of placed-based learning sessions for community organizations, peer-led conversation groups, and a legal information seminar for service providers. An external evaluator will measure and assess the impact of this project and the emergent promising practice. IMWAH will share this Promising Practice Report with the GBV Knowledge Centre, the Nova Scotia Domestic Violence Resource Centre, as well as through knowledge dissemination activities, such as conferences and symposiums, so that other organizations may replicate it or expand upon it.