Contribution: Women's Program
Canadian Center for Women's Empowerment (CCFWE)
$632,428.00
Overcoming Systemic Financial Barriers faced by Survivors and Victims of Family Violence
FY 2021-22 · 2021-11-29
Summary
This 29-month project will support a feminist response and recovery to address the current impacts of COVID-19 through systemic change. It will address economic abuse and injustice through advancing advocacy and responding to policy changes, which aligns well with the feminist response and recovery.
By the end of the project, the organization will develop and validate the Economic Abuse Screening Tool from the UK, which is proven to overcome and eliminate systemic barriers for survivors. The existing members of the National Economic Abuse Taskforce at the Canadian Centre for Women’s Empowerment (CCFWE), who are dedicated to improving the economic prosperity and safety of women, will utilize their expertise to adapt and validate this screening tool. The tool will help service providers and policymakers identify whether their clients are experiencing this form of abuse and how to address it.
The organization is partnering with universities, non-profit organizations, and shelters to use their expertise in order to adapt this tool for Canadian use. The project will also implement and evaluate the tool by collaborating with organizations that work to advance gender equity, intersectional feminism, and women’s rights to overcome economic barriers women face. The CCFWE will influence the Financial Consumer Agency of Canada (FCAC) and the Canadian Bank Association to review the Advancing National Financial Abuse Code of Conduct and to develop a family violence program to protect survivors.
The supplemental funds will be used to address an increased demand for support from project partners resulting in the hiring of part-time taskforce coordinators to manage the expanded workload.
Department
Program
Women's Program
Location
Ottawa, Ontario, 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 | 2021-08-01 | 2021-22 | $625,428.00 |
| 1 | 2021-11-29 | 2021-22 | $632,428.00 |
As published
Additional Information
Increase of agreement value
Additional Information (French)
Augmentation de la valeur de l'accord
Agreement End Date
2024-03-31
Agreement Number
NA21139
Agreement Start Date
2021-11-29
Agreement Title
Overcoming Systemic Financial Barriers faced by Survivors and Victims of Family Violence
Agreement Title (French)
Surmonter les obstacles financiers systémiques rencontrés par les personnes survivantes et les victimes de violence familiale
Agreement Type
Contribution
Agreement Value
$632,428.00
Amendment Date
2024-03-08
Amendment Number
1
Description
This 29-month project will support a feminist response and recovery to address the current impacts of COVID-19 through systemic change. It will address economic abuse and injustice through advancing advocacy and responding to policy changes, which aligns well with the feminist response and recovery.
By the end of the project, the organization will develop and validate the Economic Abuse Screening Tool from the UK, which is proven to overcome and eliminate systemic barriers for survivors. The existing members of the National Economic Abuse Taskforce at the Canadian Centre for Women’s Empowerment (CCFWE), who are dedicated to improving the economic prosperity and safety of women, will utilize their expertise to adapt and validate this screening tool. The tool will help service providers and policymakers identify whether their clients are experiencing this form of abuse and how to address it.
The organization is partnering with universities, non-profit organizations, and shelters to use their expertise in order to adapt this tool for Canadian use. The project will also implement and evaluate the tool by collaborating with organizations that work to advance gender equity, intersectional feminism, and women’s rights to overcome economic barriers women face. The CCFWE will influence the Financial Consumer Agency of Canada (FCAC) and the Canadian Bank Association to review the Advancing National Financial Abuse Code of Conduct and to develop a family violence program to protect survivors.
The supplemental funds will be used to address an increased demand for support from project partners resulting in the hiring of part-time taskforce coordinators to manage the expanded workload.
Description (French)
Le projet de 29 mois appuiera une réponse et une relance féministes à la suite des répercussions actuelles de la COVID-19, par des changements systémiques. Il s’attaque à l’exploitation et aux injustices économiques en faisant progresser la défense des intérêts sur ces questions et en répondant aux changements de politiques, ce qui s’inscrit parfaitement dans le cadre d’une réponse et d’une relance féministes.
À terme, le projet aura permis de développer et de valider l’outil de suivi de l’exploitation économique du Royaume-Uni, reconnu pour éliminer les barrières systémiques pour les survivantes et survivants. Le groupe de travail national sur l’exploitation économique du Centre canadien pour l’autonomisation des femmes (qui a pour mission d’améliorer la prospérité économique et la sécurité des femmes) mettra à profit son expertise pour adapter et valider l’outil de suivi. Celui-ci aidera les prestataires de services et les responsables politiques à déterminer si les membres de leur clientèle subissent ce genre d’abus et à s’y attaquer.
L’organisation collabore avec des universités, des organismes à but non lucratif et des refuges afin de mettre à profit leur expertise pour adapter l’outil au contexte canadien. De plus, le projet permettra de mettre en œuvre et d’évaluer l’outil grâce à une collaboration avec des organismes qui font progresser l’égalité des genres, le féminisme intersectionnel et les droits des femmes pour éliminer les barrières économiques auxquelles elles font face. Le Centre canadien pour l’autonomisation des femmes influencera l’Agence de la consommation en matière financière du Canada (ACFC) et l’Association des banquiers canadiens afin qu’elles révisent le code de pratique national pour les cas d’exploitation économique et élaborent un programme de protection des survivantes et survivants de violence familiale.
Les fonds supplémentaires serviront à gérer la croissance des demandes de soutien des partenaires par l'embauche de personnel à temps partiel pour coordonner le groupe de travail et gérer l’augmentation de la charge de travail.
Expected Results
Women and stakeholders have access to supports to address issues relating to equality between women and men.
Expected Results (French)
Les femmes et les parties prenantes peuvent obtenir de l’aide pour traiter des enjeux liés à l’égalité entre les femmes et les hommes.
Organization Code
wage
Organization
Women and Gender Equality Canada | Femmes et Égalité des genres Canada
Program Name
Women's Program
Program Name (French)
Programme de promotions de la femme
Program Purpose
The purpose of the Women’s Program is to advance equality for women in Canada by working to address or remove systemic barriers impeding women’s progress and advancement. The WP supports the Government of Canada’s goal of advancing gender equality in Canada. It is consistent with Government of Canada priorities related to economic prosperity, and supports Canada’s international commitments related to gender equality.
Program Purpose (French)
Le Programme de promotion de la femme a pour but de promouvoir l’égalité entre les sexes au Canada et il travaille pour ce faire à réduire ou éliminer les obstacles systémiques qui freinent le progrès des femmes. Le Programme soutient la visée du gouvernement du Canada de promouvoir l’égalité entre les sexes au Canada. Il cadre avec les priorités du gouvernement du Canada en matière de prospérité économique et ses engagements internationaux en matière d’égalité entre les sexes.
Recipient City
Ottawa
Recipient Country
CA
Recipient Legal Name
Canadian Center for Women's Empowerment (CCFWE)
Recipient Postal Code
K1J 3P8
Recipient Province or Territory
ON
Recipient Type
N
Reference Number
001-2021-2022-Q4-00013