Manitoba, feds team up for initiatives aimed at ending gender-based violence

The Manitoba authorities and its national counterparts are collaborating connected an inaugural to extremity gender-based violence successful nan province.

Manitoba families curate Nahanni Fontaine and national women and gender equality curate Marci Ien announced Monday that each authorities was contributing much than $6 cardinal successful backing to support 19 organization projects crossed Manitoba moving connected nan cause.

“We request to put a extremity to gender-based unit successful our homes and communities, and make judge survivors person nan supports they need,” said Fontaine, who announced $6.35 cardinal successful backing from nan province.

“We are taking action to guarantee location are much supports for survivors of intersexual battle and home violence, moving pinch communities to break cycles of violence, and supporting Indigenous-led and community-informed approaches to reside gender-based unit crossed Manitoba.”

The associated backing — which will beryllium disbursed successful urban, agrarian and distant communities successful nan state — is portion of twelvemonth 2 of a 10-year nationalist scheme to extremity gender-based unit and support survivors and their families.

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Monday’s announcement took spot astatine Winnipeg’s Red River College Polytechnic, which will beryllium offering a tuition-free shelter support worker micro-credential.

“This training prepares existent and early shelter workers to support those successful request of refuge from difficult and sometimes vulnerable situations,” said Christine Watson, nan college’s world vice-president.

“RRC Polytech is proud to beryllium a partner successful creating a safer Manitoba for all.”