Backgrounder: Funding supports three Indigenous women’s and 2SLGBTQQIA+ organizations to increase their capacity to prevent and address gender-based violence

June 27, 2023 – Ottawa, Ontario

In January 2022, Women and Gender Equality Canada (WAGE) launched a call for proposals to bolster the capacity of Indigenous women’s and 2SLGBTQQIA+ organizations to provide gender-based violence (GBV) prevention programming in order to address the root causes of violence.

The following three organizations received funding:

Les Femmes Michif Otipemisiwak

Ottawa, Ontario

Project name: Métis Two-Spirit Pride: Protecting and Celebrating 2SLGBTQQIA+ Individuals

Funding amount: $734,340

Tewegan Housing for Aboriginal Youth

Ottawa, Ontario

Project name: Gashkitoon: Indigenous Young People interrupting GBV through Indigenous Self Organizing and Well Being practices
Funding amount: $394,740

Tungasuvvingat inuit

Ottawa, Ontario

Project name: Training and Professional Development – GBV and Board Governance Training

Funding amount: $378,358