Fund to Address Gender-based Violence through Promising Practices and Community-based Research

Organizations across Canada are delivering projects that are making a significant impact in their communities, while also gathering data to better understand various aspects of gender-based violence.

Women and Gender Equality Canada’s (WAGE) Fund to Address Gender-based Violence through Promising Practices and Community-based Research invests in programs, services, strategies and policies that support these organizations’ work to prevent the negative health, social and economic consequences of gender-based violence.

Promising practices

A promising practice project tests and evaluates new methods to improve support for survivors of gender-based violence. The aim is to strengthen and support the gender-based violence sector – i.e. the people, organizations, networks, coalitions, and governments working to end this type of violence.

These projects also help address gaps in supports for Indigenous and/or underserved groups of victims and survivors in Canada, as well as those at higher risk of experiencing violence.

Community-based research

A community-based research project aims to collect data on the lived experiences of women and gender-diverse people to inform the supports and services for those experiencing gender-based violence.

It’s a project that focuses on understanding the root causes and systemic forms of gender-based violence, while also considering the different ways people experience it.

The community-based projects build knowledge in order to help address the specific needs of underserved and at-risk populations in the gender-based violence sector. This is essential for understanding the best pathways to safety.

Associated links

• Facts, stats and WAGE’s impact: Gender-based violence
• Gender-based violence glossary