Coopération Intégration Canada Inc.

Published purpose

This 30-month project will develop and implement two culturally appropriate toolkits and an awareness campaign to strengthen community engagement to address the root causes of gender-based violence. Cooperation Integration Canada Inc. will achieve this by (1) developing and strengthening partnerships with communities, local officials and potential allies, and community organizations in the National Capital Region, including the eastern regions of Ontario; (2) conducting an environmental and literature scan on the experiences of violence by Black and ethno-cultural women and girls, and the supports and institutional mechanisms that exist, as well as the gaps that need to be filled; (3) developing and testing two culturally appropriate toolkits; (4) developing and implementing a culturally appropriate awareness campaign for Black communities; and (5) disseminating their knowledge through a communications strategy and promotion of committed positive action. At the end of the project, the organization will have (1) engaged Black women and girls and other ethnocultural communities in the development and implementation of promising practices based on innovative, culturally and linguistically appropriate approaches and strategies to address violence against Black and ethnocultural women and girls; and (2) strengthened the capacity of Black and ethnocultural men and boys to recognize gender-based violence to engage them in playing an active role in reducing violence against Black women and girls and diverse ethnocultural communities in the National Capital Region and Eastern Ontario Region. This project will involve representatives from the GBV sector and survivors of GBV during COVID-19 in each project component. The effectiveness of the strategy developed and the promising practices piloted by the selected partners will be carefully documented in order to adjust the tools developed accordingly.