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Grant: Gender-Based Violence Program

Malton Women Council

$422,377.00

South Asian Women Empowerment and Equality of Rights Alliance (SAWEERA)

FY 2025-26 · 2025-04-01

Summary
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.
Program
Gender-Based Violence Program
Location
Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Recipient Type
Not-for-profit organization or charity
Type
Grant
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.

AmendmentDateFiscal YearTotal
02025-04-012025-26$352,789.00
12025-04-012025-26$422,377.00

As published

Additional Information
Increase of agreement value
Additional Information (French)
Augmentation de la valeur de l'accord
Agreement End Date
2027-03-31
Agreement Number
GV240265
Agreement Start Date
2025-04-01
Agreement Title
South Asian Women Empowerment and Equality of Rights Alliance (SAWEERA)
Agreement Title (French)
Alliance pour le renforcement des capacités et l’égalité des droits des femmes de l’Asie du Sud (SAWEERA)
Agreement Type
Grant
Agreement Value
$422,377.00
Amendment Date
2026-01-19
Amendment Number
1
Description
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.
Description (French)
Grâce à ce projet d’une durée de 24 mois, le Malton Women Council amplifiera une pratique prometteuse pour mobiliser les hommes et les garçons sud-asiatiques comme alliés pour prévenir la VFS et renforcer le secteur de la VFS. L’organisme amplifiera cette pratique prometteuse afin d’améliorer et d’adapter le modèle dont le pilotage a été une réussite afin de rejoindre des communautés additionnelles à Mississauga, Brampton, et Caledon. L’organisme répondra ainsi à la nécessité d’approches culturellement adaptées et qui tiennent compte des traumatismes pour mobiliser les hommes et les garçons comme alliés dans les communautés sud-asiatiques dans la région de Peel. Le projet comprendra 1) la mobilisation des membres de la communauté afin de cerner les besoins spécifiques au sein des communautés rejoins; 2) la modification du modèle original utilisé afin de refléter les besoins des communautés additionnelles qui seront rejointes; 3) la mobilisation et le renforcement des capacités des hommes et des garçons sud-asiatiques comme alliés dans les communautés additionnelles à Mississauga, Brampton et Caledon, afin de prévenir et contrer la VFS, tout en éliminant les normes de genre préjudiciables; 4) la conception d’une campagne pour les médias sociaux visant à remettre en question les normes de genre et promouvoir une représentation saine de la masculinité; 5) la création et la diffusion de ressources éducatives pour mobiliser les hommes et les garçons comme alliés pour éliminer la VFS au sein des communautés rejointes; et 6) l’analyse des résultats de la mise en œuvre du modèle adapté. Le Malton Women Council diffusera le modèle et les ressources améliorés et culturellement adaptés lors d’un forum avec les partenaires communautaires et sur les médias sociaux. Le financement supplémentaire servira à déployer davantage cette pratique prometteuse dans la prévention de la VFS au sein des communautés sud-asiatiques en mobilisant les hommes et les garçons comme alliés. Pour ce faire, l’organisation élaborera et présentera des modules de formation des formateurs destinés au personnel de première ligne des organismes régionaux de Halton, Peel, Durham et Toronto
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
Mississauga
Recipient Country
CA
Recipient Legal Name
Malton Women Council
Recipient Postal Code
L4T 0A4
Recipient Province or Territory
ON
Recipient Type
N
Reference Number
190-2024-2025-Q4-00044
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