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Contribution: Gender-Based Violence Program

Regroupement des maisons pour femmes victimes de violence conjugale

$526,731.00

Equipping workplaces to better protect immigrant employees who are victims of domestic violence

FY 2024-25 · 2024-04-01

Summary
Through this 24-month project, the Regroupement des maisons pour femmes victimes de violence conjugale (RMFVVC) will develop and implement a promising practice to provide workplaces the tools to better protect immigrant women employees who are victims of intimate partner violence and strengthen the gender-based violence sector. The promising practice will present the specific types of intimate partner violence in a migration context; the specific barriers preventing immigrant women from accessing support services and networks; as well as the appropriate protection and support measures that employers, unions, and employees can implement to take these into account. To achieve this, the project will include developing tools, such as a practical guide and an information kit, to raise awareness of this issue in different workplaces with a high concentration of immigrant women workers. Training will be implemented to create safer and more supportive work environments for immigrant women employees who are victims of intimate partner violence and to assist in referring them to appropriate resources. Personalized support will also be offered to workplaces to guide them in implementing concrete measures to this end. The RMFVVC will also engage its member shelters to recruit outreach staff who will be equipped to encourage and better support employers across Quebec to implement measures that more effectively support and protect immigrant women who are victims of intimate partner violence. Communities of practice will be established to enable workplaces to share best approaches for responding to the diverse realities of immigrant women who are victims of intimate partner violence; these women will be involved throughout the project. An external evaluation will measure and evaluate the impacts of the promising practice. The RMFVVC will organize a virtual event and a conference to inform other workplaces and shelter associations about the promising practice, and allow them to replicate or expand it.
Program
Gender-Based Violence Program
Location
Montréal, Quebec, Canada
Recipient Type
Not-for-profit organization or charity
Type
Contribution
Source
Proactive Disclosure - Grants and Contributions

As published

Agreement End Date
2026-03-31
Agreement Number
GV230370
Agreement Start Date
2024-04-01
Agreement Title
Equipping workplaces to better protect immigrant employees who are victims of domestic violence
Agreement Title (French)
Outiller les milieux de travail pour améliorer la protection des employées immigrantes victimes de violence conjugale
Agreement Type
Contribution
Agreement Value
$526,731.00
Amendment Number
0
Description
Through this 24-month project, the Regroupement des maisons pour femmes victimes de violence conjugale (RMFVVC) will develop and implement a promising practice to provide workplaces the tools to better protect immigrant women employees who are victims of intimate partner violence and strengthen the gender-based violence sector. The promising practice will present the specific types of intimate partner violence in a migration context; the specific barriers preventing immigrant women from accessing support services and networks; as well as the appropriate protection and support measures that employers, unions, and employees can implement to take these into account. To achieve this, the project will include developing tools, such as a practical guide and an information kit, to raise awareness of this issue in different workplaces with a high concentration of immigrant women workers. Training will be implemented to create safer and more supportive work environments for immigrant women employees who are victims of intimate partner violence and to assist in referring them to appropriate resources. Personalized support will also be offered to workplaces to guide them in implementing concrete measures to this end. The RMFVVC will also engage its member shelters to recruit outreach staff who will be equipped to encourage and better support employers across Quebec to implement measures that more effectively support and protect immigrant women who are victims of intimate partner violence. Communities of practice will be established to enable workplaces to share best approaches for responding to the diverse realities of immigrant women who are victims of intimate partner violence; these women will be involved throughout the project. An external evaluation will measure and evaluate the impacts of the promising practice. The RMFVVC will organize a virtual event and a conference to inform other workplaces and shelter associations about the promising practice, and allow them to replicate or expand it.
Description (French)
Grâce à ce projet de 24 mois, le Regroupement des maisons pour femmes victimes de violence conjugale (RMFVVC) élaborera et mettra en place une pratique prometteuse qui outillera les milieux de travail en vue d’améliorer la protection des employées immigrantes victimes de la violence conjugale et de renforcer le secteur de la VFS. La pratique prometteuse présentera les formes particulières que prend la violence conjugale en contexte migratoire, les obstacles spécifiques empêchant les femmes immigrantes d’accéder aux services et réseaux de soutien, ainsi que les mesures de protection et d’accompagnement appropriées que les employeurs, les syndicats et le personnel peuvent mettre en place pour en tenir compte. Pour ce faire, le projet comprendra le développement d’outils, tel qu’un guide pratique et une trousse d’information, afin de sensibiliser à cet enjeu différents milieux de travail à forte concentration de travailleuses immigrantes. Des formations seront mises en place afin de créer des milieux de travail plus sécuritaires et aidant pour les employées immigrantes victimes de violence conjugale et de favoriser leur référencement vers des ressources appropriées. Un accompagnement personnalisé sera également offert aux milieux de travail pour les guider dans la mise en œuvre de mesures concrètes en ce sens. Le RMFVVC mobilisera aussi ses maisons d’hébergement membres dans le but de recruter des agentes de sensibilisation qui seront outillées pour encourager et accompagner plus efficacement les employeurs à travers le Québec à instaurer des mesures qui soutiennent et protègent mieux les femmes immigrantes victimes de violence conjugale. Des communautés de pratique seront mises sur pied pour permettre aux milieux de travail d’échanger sur les meilleurs moyens de répondre aux réalités plurielles des femmes immigrantes victimes de violence conjugale qui, de leur côté, seront impliquées dans la démarche tout au long du projet. Une évaluation externe permettra de mesurer et d’évaluer les répercussions de la pratique prometteuse. Le RMFVVC organisera un évènement virtuel ainsi qu’une conférence pour informer d’autres milieux de travail et d’autres associations de maisons d’aide et d’hébergement sur la pratique prometteuse et leur permettre de la reproduire ou de l’amplifier.
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
Montréal
Recipient Country
CA
Recipient Legal Name
Regroupement des maisons pour femmes victimes de violence conjugale
Recipient Postal Code
H3N 1R4
Recipient Province or Territory
QC
Recipient Type
N
Reference Number
001-2023-2024-Q4-00036
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