Malton Women Council

Published purpose

Through this 24-month project, Malton Women Council will scale a promising practice for engaging South Asian men and boys as allies to prevent GBV, and to strengthen the GBV sector. It will scale this promising practice to improve and adapt the already successfully piloted model, to reach additional communities in Mississauga, Brampton, and Caledon. By doing so, it will address the need for culturally responsive and trauma informed approaches to engage men and boys as allies within South Asian communities in the Peel region. The project will include: 1) engagement of community members to identify specific needs within the reached communities; 2) adaptation of the original adopted model to reflect the needs of the additional communities to be reached; 3) mobilization and capacity building of South Asian men and boys as allies in additional communities in Mississauga, Brampton and Caledon, to prevent and address GBV, while combating harmful gender norms; 4) development of a social media campaign aimed at challenging gender norms and promoting healthy models of masculinity; 5) development and disse+G5mination of educational resources for engaging men and boys as allies to combat GBV within the reached communities; and 6) evaluation of the results of the adapted model implemented. Malton Women Council will disseminate the improved and adapted culturally responsive model and resources during a forum among community stakeholders and through social media. The supplemental funding will be used to further scale the promising practice in the prevention of GBV in South Asian Communities by engaging men and boys as allies. The organization will do this by developing and delivering Training of Trainers (ToT) modules for frontline staff in regional organizations in the Halton, Peel, Durham and Toronto region.