Scan of funding and policy initiatives to respond to violence against women

It summarizes the current issues and trends related to funding and policy in response to VAW and presents a portrait of the policy and funding picture related to service provision and advocacy in Canada. [...] Shelters and Transition Houses have been determined to fit under the HPI umbrella and have received capital funding to build shelters in new locations and replace inadequate buildings.iv Department of Indian and Northern Affairs The Department of Indian and Northern Affairs (INAC) provides the majority of core (or operational Page 5 of 14 Scan on Funding and Policy Initiatives to Respond to VAW Ja [...] This task usually falls to the executive directors of the individual shelters or comprises part of the communications and coordination roles of the coordinators/EDs of the provincial associations. [...] The office is headed by the Minister of the Status of Women in Newfoundland and Labrador.xi YUKON Shelters and Second Stage Housing The Yukon Territorial shelter system consists of three transition houses – two smaller shelters and a larger one located in the territorial capital of Whitehorse. [...] QUEBEC Ministry of Culture, Communications and the Status of Women The Status of Women Secretariat’s mission is to support the development and the coherency of governmental actions for equality between women and men, including : coordinates and monitors government actions in terms of gender equality,.