Contribution: Gender-Based Violence Program
Immigrant Migrant Women's Association of Halifax
$670,214.00
Circles of Women: A Prevention EmergPromising Practice in the Lives of Immigrant and Migrant Women
FY 2023-24 · 2023-08-30
Summary
Through this 43-month project, Immigrant Migrant Women Association of Halifax (IMWAH) will develop and put in place an emergent promising practice to strengthen the GBV sector. It will address equality of access to information, services, and supports for im∕migrant women to improve their status in Canada's economic, social, and political life and prevent abuse and GBV. The project will foster a collaborative multi-stakeholder approach among service providers in the GBV sector and women's cultural organizations; strengthen an intersectional service and prevention approach that is responsive to im/migrant women’s experience of GBV. It will also work with im∕migrant women and girls to improve their sense of belonging and prevent instances of abuse and GBV in their lives, increasing their knowledge of and access to services available to them to prevent abuse and family violence. To do so, the project will include the development of the emergent promising practice, development of resources and implementation of a peer support group and deliver information sessions to key stakeholders.
An external evaluator will measure and assess the impact of this project and the emergent promising practice. IMWAH will share this Promising Practice Report with the GBV Knowledge Centre, the Nova Scotia Domestic Violence Resource Centre, as well as through knowledge dissemination activities, such as conferences and symposiums, so that other organizations may replicate it or expand upon it.
With the supplemental funds and extension provided in early 2026, IMWAH will further develop, test, and refine their promising practice through a formalized advisory committee, attendance at a conference to share project findings, and through the development and delivery of placed-based learning sessions for community organizations, peer-led conversation groups, and a legal information seminar for service providers.
An external evaluator will measure and assess the impact of this project and the emergent promising practice. IMWAH will share this Promising Practice Report with the GBV Knowledge Centre, the Nova Scotia Domestic Violence Resource Centre, as well as through knowledge dissemination activities, such as conferences and symposiums, so that other organizations may replicate it or expand upon it.
Department
Program
Gender-Based Violence Program
Location
Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, 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 | 2023-08-30 | 2023-24 | $494,900.00 |
| 1 | 2023-08-30 | 2023-24 | $467,462.00 |
| 2 | 2023-08-30 | 2023-24 | $670,214.00 |
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
GV230273
Agreement Start Date
2023-08-30
Agreement Title
Circles of Women: A Prevention EmergPromising Practice in the Lives of Immigrant and Migrant Women
Agreement Title (French)
Cercle des femmes : Nouvelle pratique prometteuse de prévention de la VFS pour les femmes immigrantes et migrantes
Agreement Type
Contribution
Agreement Value
$670,214.00
Amendment Date
2026-05-15
Amendment Number
2
Description
Through this 43-month project, Immigrant Migrant Women Association of Halifax (IMWAH) will develop and put in place an emergent promising practice to strengthen the GBV sector. It will address equality of access to information, services, and supports for im∕migrant women to improve their status in Canada's economic, social, and political life and prevent abuse and GBV. The project will foster a collaborative multi-stakeholder approach among service providers in the GBV sector and women's cultural organizations; strengthen an intersectional service and prevention approach that is responsive to im/migrant women’s experience of GBV. It will also work with im∕migrant women and girls to improve their sense of belonging and prevent instances of abuse and GBV in their lives, increasing their knowledge of and access to services available to them to prevent abuse and family violence. To do so, the project will include the development of the emergent promising practice, development of resources and implementation of a peer support group and deliver information sessions to key stakeholders.
An external evaluator will measure and assess the impact of this project and the emergent promising practice. IMWAH will share this Promising Practice Report with the GBV Knowledge Centre, the Nova Scotia Domestic Violence Resource Centre, as well as through knowledge dissemination activities, such as conferences and symposiums, so that other organizations may replicate it or expand upon it.
With the supplemental funds and extension provided in early 2026, IMWAH will further develop, test, and refine their promising practice through a formalized advisory committee, attendance at a conference to share project findings, and through the development and delivery of placed-based learning sessions for community organizations, peer-led conversation groups, and a legal information seminar for service providers.
An external evaluator will measure and assess the impact of this project and the emergent promising practice. IMWAH will share this Promising Practice Report with the GBV Knowledge Centre, the Nova Scotia Domestic Violence Resource Centre, as well as through knowledge dissemination activities, such as conferences and symposiums, so that other organizations may replicate it or expand upon it.
Description (French)
Dans le cadre de ce projet de 43 mois, la Women Association of Halifax (IMWAH) élaborera et mettra en place une nouvelle pratique prometteuse pour renforcer le secteur de la VFS. Cette pratique améliorera l'égalité de l’accès à l’information, aux services et au soutien pour les femmes immigrantes dans le but d’améliorer leur situation au sein de la vie économique, sociale et politique du Canada et de prévenir les abus et la VFS. Le projet favorisera une approche de collaboration entre de nombreux intervenants qui offrent des services dans le secteur de la VFS et les organismes culturels de femmes. Le projet renforcera une approche de services intersectionnels et de prévention qui est adaptée à l’expérience de la VFS vécue par les femmes. La IMWAH travaillera également avec les femmes et les filles immigrantes pour améliorer leur sentiment d’appartenance et prévenir les abus et la VFS dans leurs vies, et augmenter leurs connaissances et leur accès aux services qui leur sont disponibles pour prévenir les abus et la violence familiale. Pour atteindre cet objectif, la Women Association of Halifax (IMWAH) élaborera une nouvelle pratique prometteuse et développera des ressources et mettra en œuvre un groupe de soutien des pairs et donnera des séances d’information aux principaux intervenants.
Un évaluateur externe mesurera et évaluera les répercussions de ce projet et de cette nouvelle pratique prometteuse. IMWAH partagera un rapport sur cette pratique prometteuse avec le Centre du savoir sur la VFS, le Nova Scotia Domestic Violence Resource Centre et des activités de diffusion des connaissances comme des conférences et des symposiums, pour que les autres organismes puissent reproduire et élargir cette pratique.
Grâce aux fonds supplémentaires et à la prolongation accordés au début de 2026, l’Immigrant Migrant Women’s Association of Halifax (association des femmes immigrantes migrantes d’Halifax) élaborera, mettra à l’essai et perfectionnera davantage sa pratique prometteuse par la mise en place d’un comité consultatif officiel, par la participation à une conférence pour présenter les résultats du projet et par l’élaboration et la mise en œuvre de séances d’apprentissage ancrées dans le territoire pour les organismes communautaires, de séances de groupes de conversation animés par des pairs et d’une séance d’information juridique pour les prestataires de services.
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
Dartmouth
Recipient Country
CA
Recipient Legal Name
Immigrant Migrant Women's Association of Halifax
Recipient Postal Code
B2X 2B5
Recipient Province or Territory
NS
Recipient Type
N
Reference Number
001-2023-2024-Q3-00157