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CONGRATULATIONS TO THE CANADIAN WINNERS OF THE WOMEN’S SAFETY AWARDS 2004 :

   



THE CANADIAN WINNERS FOR EACH CATEGORY ARE:


Advocacy, networking and community mobilization

The R.E.S.P.E.C.T. Project: Improving the Personal Security of Women and Girls in Rural, Northeastern Ontario submitted by The Amelia Rising Sexual Assault Centre of Nipissing, North Bay, Ontario.

Freedom from Violence through Education submitted by Working Women Community Centre, Toronto, Ontario.

West End Women’s Safety Project (WEWSP) submitted by Mount Carmel Clinic – Sage House, Winnipeg, Manitoba.


Capacity-building and Training

The Empowerment Project: A Train the Trainer Tool Kit for Delivering Self-Protection and Assertiveness Workshops to Women and Girls submitted by the Fredericton Sexual Assault Crisis Centre Inc., Fredericton, New Brunswick.

City of Charlottetown Family Violence Prevention Program submitted by the City of Charlottetown and the Premier's Action Committee on Family Violence Prevention, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island.

What's Age Got To Do With It? submitted by the B.C./Yukon Society of Transition Houses, Vancouver, British Columbia.


Educational Programmes and Public Awareness

The WTN/IBC Girls TV Camp – Nunavut submitted by the Inuit Broadcasting Corporation, Toronto, Ontario.

Women and Violence: Education is Prevention submitted by SWOVA Community Development and Research Society, Salt Spring Island, British Columbia.

Project Respect submitted by the Victoria Women’s Sexual Assault Centre, Victoria, British Columbia.


Safety Planning and Design for Public Spaces

Conscience urbaine submitted by L’Écho des femmes de la Petite Patrie, Montréal, Québec.


Municipal Gender-Based Policies in Crime Prevention and Community Safety

Cowichan Valley Safer Futures Program submitted by the Cowichan Women Against Violence Society, Duncan, British Columbia.

Confrontation Management for Women at High Risk, submitted by the Vancouver Police Department, Vancouver, British Columbia.



A publication presenting detailed descriptions of the winning projects will be produced and distributed in December 2004. This publication will include summaries of all projects received for the Women’s Safety Awards 2004. Furthermore, summaries of all applications will soon be available on our website.

 

 

 

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