The Honourable Pam Parsons, Minister Responsible for Women and Gender Equality, and Lisa Hepfner, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Women and Gender Equality and Youth for Canada, today announced a historic bilateral agreement whereby the federal government is investing nearly $13.6 million over four years to support the implementation of the National Action Plan to End Gender-Based Violence in this province.
This comprehensive plan reflects a shared commitment to preventing and addressing gender-based violence while empowering communities through community-led solutions. The plan is focused on three priority areas: increasing prevention efforts, reaching underserved and at-risk populations, and stabilizing the gender-based violence prevention sector.
The funding will support the work the Provincial Government is doing in addressing and preventing gender-based violence, while building capacity for violence prevention through knowledge tools, educational resources and other prevention initiatives. It will create and enhance programs and supports for survivors of gender-based violence in communities throughout the province, including individuals who may be underserved or who are most at-risk of experiencing gender-based violence, such as Indigenous women, girls and 2SLGBTQQIA+ individuals, and women living in rural and remote communities.
Launched in November 2022 by Federal, Provincial and Territorial Ministers responsible for the Status of Women, the National Action Plan to End Gender-based Violence is a 10-year plan that sets a framework to have a Canada free of gender-based violence – a Canada that supports victims, survivors and their families from coast to coast to coast. The National Action Plan is informed by over 1,000 recommendations from Indigenous partners, survivors, frontline organizations and experts.
This announcement is among a series of bilateral agreements that have been signed between the federal government and provinces and territories and is in addition to the funding provided to the Provincial Government earlier this year to support crisis hotlines.
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“Today’s announcement brings us one step closer to a future where everyone can live free from gender-based violence. By partnering with the provincial government, we are making sure that these supports are strong, culturally relevant and respond to the needs of communities across the province. Thank you to all front-line workers in Newfoundland and Labrador that work hard to keep women and children safe.”
Lisa Hepfner
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Women and Gender Equality and Youth
“Our government remains steadfast in its commitment to working in partnership with Indigenous governments and organizations, people with lived experience, community agencies and stakeholders, to ensure supports are in place for people who have been impacted by gender-based violence. Provincially tailored prevention priorities, grounded in the five pillars of the National Action Plan, will create extensive opportunities for collaboration.”
Honourable Pam Parsons
Minister Responsible for Women and Gender Equality in Newfoundland and Labrador
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The National Action Plan to End Gender-Based Violence
Agreements on the National Action Plan to End Gender-Based Violence
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