Contribution: Gender-Based Violence Program
Global Alliance Against Traffic in Women Canada
$535,000.00
Is it trafficking? Examining GBV among women who do informal, precarious, non-standard work.
FY 2023-24 · 2023-10-02
Summary
Through this 42-month project, the Global Alliance Against Traffic in Women (GAATW) Canada will conduct research that will improve GBV services for Indigenous, Black, racialized, non-status, and temporary status women, who work in precarious, informal, non-standard labour sectors. Through community-based research with GBV service providers and women who access their services in the Yukon, British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba, the project will determine the benefits and limitations of using an anti-trafficking framework to understand and address GBV experienced by marginalized, racialized women who work in under-examined informal, precarious, non-standard labour sectors. GAATW Canada will use its national voice to share the research findings among key stakeholders to effect change at legislative, policy, and practice levels and will share information with Women and Gender Equality Canada’s GBV Knowledge Centre.
Supplemental funding will enhance the project’s knowledge mobilization activities including creating online resources, disseminating findings at events, and hosting follow-up community conversations.
With the supplemental funds and extension provided in early 2026, the Global Alliance Against Traffic in Women Canada will implement a structured knowledge mobilization and stakeholder engagement plan, building on the ‘Is it trafficking?’ research findings. This plan will include strategic stakeholder engagement; establishment of a Survivor Advisory Committee; development of thematic policy briefs and organizational position statements; and the design and delivery of a webinar series. Through this, they will further advance gender equality.
Department
Program
Gender-Based Violence Program
Location
Ainsworth, British Columbia, Canada
Recipient Type
Not-for-profit organization or charity
Type
Contribution
Source
Proactive Disclosure - Grants and Contributions
Amendments
Each version of the agreement as published, oldest first, with its total as of that version. The amount above is the latest.
| Amendment | Date | Fiscal Year | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 2023-10-02 | 2023-24 | $375,000.00 |
| 1 | 2023-10-02 | 2023-24 | $400,000.00 |
| 2 | 2023-10-02 | 2023-24 | $535,000.00 |
As published
Additional Information
Increase of agreement value, Change of end date
Additional Information (French)
Augmentation de la valeur de l'accord, changement de la date de fin
Agreement End Date
2027-03-31
Agreement Number
GV230345
Agreement Start Date
2023-10-02
Agreement Title
Is it trafficking? Examining GBV among women who do informal, precarious, non-standard work.
Agreement Title (French)
S'agit-il de la traite de personnes? Examiner la VFS à l’endroit des femmes qui exercent un travail informel, précaire ou atypique.
Agreement Type
Contribution
Agreement Value
$535,000.00
Amendment Date
2026-04-21
Amendment Number
2
Description
Through this 42-month project, the Global Alliance Against Traffic in Women (GAATW) Canada will conduct research that will improve GBV services for Indigenous, Black, racialized, non-status, and temporary status women, who work in precarious, informal, non-standard labour sectors. Through community-based research with GBV service providers and women who access their services in the Yukon, British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba, the project will determine the benefits and limitations of using an anti-trafficking framework to understand and address GBV experienced by marginalized, racialized women who work in under-examined informal, precarious, non-standard labour sectors. GAATW Canada will use its national voice to share the research findings among key stakeholders to effect change at legislative, policy, and practice levels and will share information with Women and Gender Equality Canada’s GBV Knowledge Centre.
Supplemental funding will enhance the project’s knowledge mobilization activities including creating online resources, disseminating findings at events, and hosting follow-up community conversations.
With the supplemental funds and extension provided in early 2026, the Global Alliance Against Traffic in Women Canada will implement a structured knowledge mobilization and stakeholder engagement plan, building on the ‘Is it trafficking?’ research findings. This plan will include strategic stakeholder engagement; establishment of a Survivor Advisory Committee; development of thematic policy briefs and organizational position statements; and the design and delivery of a webinar series. Through this, they will further advance gender equality.
Description (French)
Dans le cadre de ce projet de 42 mois, la Global Alliance Against Traffic in Women (GAATW) Canada mènera une recherche pour améliorer les services de lutte contre la VFS pour les femmes autochtones, noires, racialisées, sans statut et ayant un statut temporaire qui exercent un travail informel, précaire ou atypique. Grâce à la recherche communautaire menée auprès de prestataires de services de lutte contre la VFS et de femmes qui ont accès à ces services au Yukon, en Colombie-Britannique, en Alberta, en Saskatchewan et au Manitoba, le projet déterminera les avantages et les limites de l’utilisation d’un cadre de lutte contre la traite pour comprendre et contrer la VFS vécue par les femmes racialisées et marginalisées exerçant un travail informel, précaire ou atypique qui est sous-examiné. GAATW Canada utilisera son antenne nationale pour communiquer les résultats de la recherche aux principales parties prenantes afin d’apporter des changements aux lois, politiques et pratiques, et transmettra de l’information au Centre du savoir sur la VFS de Femmes et Égalité des genres Canada.
Le financement supplémentaire permettra d’augmenter les activités de mobilisation des connaissances du projet, notamment le développement de ressources virtuelles, le partage des résultats aux événements, et l’organisation de conversations de suivi communautaires.
Grâce aux fonds supplémentaires et à la prolongation accordés au début de 2026, l’Alliance mondiale contre la traite des femmes Canada mettra en œuvre un plan structuré de mobilisation des connaissances et de mobilisation des parties prenantes s’appuyant sur les résultats de la recherche « Is it trafficking? ». Ce plan comprendra des activités stratégiques de mobilisation des parties prenantes, la création d’un comité consultatif de personnes survivantes, l’élaboration de documents d’orientation thématiques et d’énoncés de position organisationnels, ainsi que la conception et l’animation d’une série de webinaires. Ces travaux contribueront à faire progresser davantage l’égalité des genres.
Expected Results
Promising practices are incorporated by the GBV sector into new or enhanced supports for target populations.
Expected Results (French)
Intégration, par le secteur, des pratiques prometteuses aux mesures de soutien nouvelles ou améliorées qu’il offre aux populations ciblées.
Organization Code
wage
Organization
Women and Gender Equality Canada | Femmes et Égalité des genres Canada
Program Name
Gender-Based Violence Program
Program Name (French)
Programme de financement de la lutte contre la violence fondée sur le sexe
Program Purpose
The purpose of the GBV Program is to strengthen the GBV sector to address gaps in supports for two groups of survivors: 1) Indigenous women and their communities, and 2) underserved populations (including women living with a disability, non-status/refugee /immigrant women, LGBTQ2S, gender non-conforming people and ethno-cultural women) in Canada. The Program provides grant and contribution funding to Canadian organizations to improve supports to help create long-term, comprehensive solutions at the national, regional, and local levels.
Program Purpose (French)
Le Programme de financement de la lutte contre la violence fondée sur le sexe (le Programme) vise à renforcer la lutte contre la violence fondée sur le sexe (VFS) et, en particulier, à remédier au manque de soutien pour deux catégories de survivantes et survivants, soit : 1) les femmes autochtones et leurs communautés; et 2) les populations sous-desservies au Canada (notamment les femmes handicapées, les femmes réfugiées, immigrantes ou en situation irrégulière, les personnes allosexuelles et les femmes des minorités ethnoculturelles). Il s’agit d’un programme de subventions et contributions pour les organismes canadiens qui mènent des projets visant à améliorer les mesures d’aide offertes et à créer des solutions durables et complètes à l’échelle nationale, régionale et locale.
Recipient City
Ainsworth
Recipient Country
CA
Recipient Legal Name
Global Alliance Against Traffic in Women Canada
Recipient Postal Code
V0G 1A0
Recipient Province or Territory
BC
Recipient Type
N
Reference Number
001-2023-2024-Q3-00128