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YELLOWKNIFE, NT , Dec. 20, 2023 /CNW/ - The National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls highlighted the underlying systemic causes of ongoing violence against Indigenous women, girls, and 2SLGBTQQIA+ people. The COVID-19 pandemic also created unprecedented challenges for victims and survivors of gender-based violence seeking help and the frontline organizations that support them.
Today, Michael V. McLeod, Member of Parliament for the Northwest Territories , on behalf of the Honourable Marci Ien, Minister for Women and Gender Equality and Youth, announced over $1.15 million for two community organizations in Northwest Territories and Nunavut:
- The Northwest Territories /Nunavut Council of Friendship Centres is receiving $615,000 for their Gender-Based Violence Awareness and Training Workshops project.
- Nunavut Inuit Women's Association is receiving over $544,000 for their Supporting Inuit women in leadership roles project.
Increasing the capacity of Indigenous women's and 2SLGBTQQIA+ organizations will enable them to address the root causes of gender-based violence and ensure that Indigenous women and 2SLGBTQQIA+ people, and their communities, can prosper now and in the future.
This announcement builds on the bilateral agreements between the Government of Canada and the Northwest Territories , and Nunavut , announced in September and October 2023 , respectively, to support the implementation of the National Action Plan to End Gender-Based Violence. This funding is also aligned with Pillar 4 of the National Action Plan, which is focused on implementing Indigenous-led approaches.
In November 2022 , the Federal, Provincial, and Territorial Forum of Ministers Responsible for the Status of Women launched the 10-year National Action Plan to End Gender-Based Violence. The Plan is a strategic framework for addressing gender-based violence. It includes five pillars: support for victims, survivors, and their families; prevention; a responsive justice system; implementing Indigenous-led approaches; and social infrastructure and enabling environment.
Quote "Community organizations are at the heart of systemic change and supporting their life-saving work remains a top priority for the Government of Canada . The funding announced today will help these organizations chart a path towards building safer communities across the North for Indigenous women and girls, and 2SLGBTQQIA+ people."
Michael V. McLeod , Member of Parliament for the Northwest Territories , on behalf of t he Honourable Marci Ien, Minister for Women and Gender Equality and Youth
- This funding is part of the approximately $601 .3?million that the Government of Canada committed through Budget 2021 to increase efforts to end gender-based violence.
- This announcement builds on previous Women and Gender Equality Canada funding of over $13 million for more than 100 commemoration projects to help honour the lives and legacies of missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls, and 2SLGBTQQIA+ people.
- This funding is a key initiative of the Federal Pathway to Address Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls and 2SLGBTQQIA+ People. The funding is also a significant contribution to Implementing Indigenous-led approaches, Pillar 4 of the National Action Plan to End Gender-Based Violence.
- The Federal Pathway to Address Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls and 2SLGBTQQIA+ People is the Government of Canada's contribution to the 2021 Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and 2SLGBTQQIA+ People National Action Plan: Ending Violence Against Indigenous Women, Girls, and 2SLGBTQQIA+ People. It outlines the Government of Canada's efforts, now and in the future, to end the GBV and systemic racism responsible for missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls, and 2SLGBTQQIA+ people.
- Building on these investments, Budget 2022 committed $539.3 million over five years to support provinces and territories in their efforts to implement the National Action Plan to End Gender-Based Violence.
- Although roughly 5% of the female population in Canada identified as Indigenous, 21% of all gender-related homicides between 2011 and 2021 involved Indigenous women and girls.
- News release – Call for proposals: Indigenous women and 2SLGBTQQIA+ organizations to further address gender-based violence
- National Action Plan to End Gender-Based Violence
- Federal Pathway to Address Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls and 2SLGBTQQIA+ People
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