Backgrounder: Funding supports 13 projects to prevent gender-based violence in Quebec  

December 5, 2022 – Quebec City, Quebec

The following 13 projects in Quebec are recipients of funding from the Gender-Based Violence Program; the Equality for Sex, Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and Expression Program; and the Women’s Program:

Alliance Arc-en-ciel de Québec

Quebec City, Quebec

Project title: Improving the inclusion and safety of diverse women in crisis

Program: Women’s Program

Funding amount: $231,285

Accompagnement des femmes immigrantes de l’Outaouais (AFIO)

Gatineau, Quebec

Project title: Collaboration to help immigrant women experiencing violence access resources for assistance

Program: Gender-Based Violence Program

Funding amount: $500,000

Centre de solidarité lesbienne (CSL)

Montreal, Quebec

Project title: The pain of silence: overcoming taboos surrounding violence in the LGBTQ+ communities

Program: Gender-Based Violence Program

Funding amount: $198,765

Conseil québécois LGBT

Montreal, Quebec

Project title: Inclusive Practices for LGBTQI2S+ People: Supporting Rights Organizations in Change

Program: Equality for Sex, Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and Expression Program

Funding amount: $324,214

GRIP Montréal

Montreal, Quebec

Project title: The GRIP Safer Space

Program: Women’s Program

Funding amount: $465,803

Montréal-Nord en santé

Montreal, Quebec

Project title: Toward systemic changes to eliminate violence against immigrant teens and women

Program: Gender-Based Violence Program

Funding amount: $299,135

Passages : ressources pour jeunes femmes en difficulté

Montreal, Quebec

Project title: GBA Plus: Women’s homelessness in Montréal

Program: Women’s Program

Funding amount: $120,042

PINAY

Montreal, Quebec

Project title: Bayanihan – Peer-to-Peer Support

Program: Gender-Based Violence Program

Funding amount: $251,884

Réseau des lesbiennes du Québec

Montreal, Quebec

Project title: Eliminate systemic barriers for LGBTQ2S+ women

Program: Women’s Program

Funding amount: $476,044

Société Elizabeth Fry du Québec

Montreal, Quebec

Project title: Eliminate institutional gender-based violence against incarcerated women

Program: Women’s Program

Funding amount: $280,352

Société Elizabeth Fry du Québec

Montreal, Quebec

Project title: An intersectional approach based on a diagnostic-action method

Program: Gender-Based Violence Program

Funding amount: $260,943

Table des groupes de femmes de Montréal

Montreal, Quebec

Project title: Taking action against discrimination to guarantee women’s safety in Montréal

Program: Women’s Program

Funding amount: $361,071

Université du Québec à Montréal

Montreal, Quebec

Project title: Police action to prevent intrafamilial homicides

Program: Women’s Program

Funding amount: $286,847