Contribution: Gender-Based Violence Program
Ma Mawi Wi Chi Itata Centre Inc.
$583,978.00
EmpowerMen - Engaging men and boys to prevent sexual exploitation and sex trafficking
FY 2024-25 · 2024-09-01
Summary
Through this 31-month project, Ma Mawi Wi Chi Itata Centre Inc (Ma Mawi) will develop and implement a promising practice to engage men and boys in preventing sex exploitation and sex trafficking against women, girls, and 2SLGBTQIA+ persons. This will be achieved by developing and testing strategies on how to best reach newcomers and youth men and boys; conducting research on the role of online platforms in technology facilitated gender-based violence; and building partnerships with the corporate sector in Manitoba to develop and assess ethical business practices to prevent exploitation amongst employees.
The project will engage with key stakeholders and agencies in the police, technology, education, and business sectors as well as with non-profit organizations and survivors to inform the activities and expand networking opportunities to exchange best practices focused on intimate partner violence, sexual exploitation, and trafficking. The project will also be guided by various advisory groups including a survivor’s advisory group; an advisory group of men who are former sex buyers; and a group of Indigenous organizations and service agencies.
Ma Mawi will evaluate their activities to measure and assess the project impact as well as to develop reports on the promising practice to be shared with key partners, government agencies and funders in Manitoba so that they may replicate it or expand upon it.
Additional funding will be used to increase the impact of the project by expanding the education, awareness and the dissemination of research results activities while also expanding their relationships in the corporate sector to develop promising practices that promote the prevention of sexual exploitation and trafficking.
Department
Program
Gender-Based Violence Program
Recipient
Location
Headingley, Manitoba, Canada
Recipient Type
Other
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 | 2024-09-01 | 2024-25 | $478,428.00 |
| 1 | 2024-09-01 | 2024-25 | $583,978.00 |
| 2 | 2024-09-01 | 2024-25 | $583,978.00 |
As published
Additional Information
Change of end date
Additional Information (French)
Changement de la date de fin
Agreement End Date
2027-03-31
Agreement Number
GV240181
Agreement Start Date
2024-09-01
Agreement Title
EmpowerMen - Engaging men and boys to prevent sexual exploitation and sex trafficking
Agreement Title (French)
Mobiliser les hommes et les garçons pour prévenir l’exploitation et la traite sexuelles
Agreement Type
Contribution
Agreement Value
$583,978.00
Amendment Date
2026-05-26
Amendment Number
2
Description
Through this 31-month project, Ma Mawi Wi Chi Itata Centre Inc (Ma Mawi) will develop and implement a promising practice to engage men and boys in preventing sex exploitation and sex trafficking against women, girls, and 2SLGBTQIA+ persons. This will be achieved by developing and testing strategies on how to best reach newcomers and youth men and boys; conducting research on the role of online platforms in technology facilitated gender-based violence; and building partnerships with the corporate sector in Manitoba to develop and assess ethical business practices to prevent exploitation amongst employees.
The project will engage with key stakeholders and agencies in the police, technology, education, and business sectors as well as with non-profit organizations and survivors to inform the activities and expand networking opportunities to exchange best practices focused on intimate partner violence, sexual exploitation, and trafficking. The project will also be guided by various advisory groups including a survivor’s advisory group; an advisory group of men who are former sex buyers; and a group of Indigenous organizations and service agencies.
Ma Mawi will evaluate their activities to measure and assess the project impact as well as to develop reports on the promising practice to be shared with key partners, government agencies and funders in Manitoba so that they may replicate it or expand upon it.
Additional funding will be used to increase the impact of the project by expanding the education, awareness and the dissemination of research results activities while also expanding their relationships in the corporate sector to develop promising practices that promote the prevention of sexual exploitation and trafficking.
Description (French)
Grâce à ce projet d’une durée de 31 mois, Ma Mawi Wi Chi Itata Centre Inc. (Ma Mawi) élaborera et mettra en œuvre une pratique prometteuse pour mobiliser les hommes et les garçons dans la prévention de l’exploitation et la traite sexuelles des femmes, des filles et des personnes 2ELGBTQIA+. Pour ce faire, l’organisme élaborera et mettra à l’essai des stratégies sur la meilleure façon de joindre les nouveaux arrivants et les jeunes hommes et garçons; mènera des recherches sur le rôle des plateformes en ligne dans la violence fondée sur le sexe favorisée par la technologie; établira des partenariats avec le milieu des affaires du Manitoba pour élaborer et évaluer des pratiques commerciales éthiques afin de prévenir l’exploitation parmi les membres du personnel.
Le projet mobilisera des parties prenantes et des organismes clés des secteurs des services policiers, de la technologie, de l’éducation et du milieu des affaires ainsi que des organismes à but non lucratif et des personnes survivantes pour orienter les activités et élargir les possibilités de réseautage afin d’échanger des pratiques exemplaires axées sur la violence entre partenaires intimes, l’exploitation sexuelle et la traite des personnes. Le projet sera également guidé par divers groupes consultatifs, notamment un groupe consultatif de personnes survivantes, un groupe consultatif d’hommes qui auparavant achetaient des services sexuels et un groupe d’organismes autochtones et de services.
Ma Mawi évaluera ses activités afin de mesurer et d’évaluer l’incidence du projet et de rédiger des rapports sur la pratique prometteuse qui seront communiqués aux principaux partenaires, aux organismes gouvernementaux et de financement du Manitoba afin qu’ils puissent la reproduire ou la développer.
Les fonds supplémentaires seront utilisés pour accroître l'impact du projet en développant les activités d'éducation, de sensibilisation et de diffusion des résultats de la recherche, tout en élargissant les relations avec le secteur des entreprises afin de développer des pratiques prometteuses qui favorisent la prévention de l'exploitation sexuelle et de la traite des êtres humains.
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
Headingley
Recipient Country
CA
Recipient Legal Name
Ma Mawi Wi Chi Itata Centre Inc.
Recipient Postal Code
R4H 2B7
Recipient Province or Territory
MB
Recipient Type
A
Reference Number
001-2024-2025-Q2-00022