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VANCOUVER
– Nine organizations across the
province will receive a total of $1.2 million to launch violence prevention
projects that engage men and boys in preventing violence against women and
girls, announced Ida Chong, Minister of Community Services and Minister
responsible for Women’s Issues.
“Any
form of violence against women or girls is unacceptable, and we are committed
to providing violence prevention and intervention services for women and their
children who have experienced the trauma of abuse,” said Chong. “Our Partners
in Prevention grants are a proactive way of building on our ongoing system of
supports by engaging men, boys and other partners to stop violence before it
starts.”
Projects
that prevent violence against women and girls – by focusing on the attitudes
and behaviours that lead to violence – are receiving up to $150,000 each as
part of the one-time, Partners in Prevention grants first announced by the
Province in November 2006. Projects range from men’s workshops offering
relevant training and support to online awareness campaigns and
respect-building projects geared to youth.
“The
YWCA has long supported girls in their transition from childhood to adulthood,”
said Janet Austin, CEO of the YWCA of Vancouver. “Through Partners in
Prevention, we will launch a school-based program for boys in the Lower
Mainland that builds mutual respect between girls and boys of all cultural
backgrounds. It will help boys develop attitudes and behaviours that
prevent violence against women and girls, and will encourage youth to
assume responsibility for community issues.”
“With our Village of Men program, we hope to reach South Asian men with
the message that violence hurts, not only the woman but the man and his entire
family as well,” said Manpreet Grewal, manager of Multicultural and Immigrant
Services at Abbotsford Community Services. “We also hope to help them with
skill-building so that they can have respectful relationships with their
spouses.”
The projects funded through Partners
in Prevention supplement the more than $48 million in annual provincial funding
provided toward violence prevention work, transition house services, safe
homes, second-stage housing, counselling and outreach services that connect
vulnerable women, and their children, with the services they may need when
fleeing abuse.
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