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Gender Based-Violence
Gender-Based Violence Program
Gender-Based Violence Program (GBV) is culturally relevant prevention / intervention programming to justice-involved male youth (12-20 years) in the Northwest Toronto who:
- have committed or are alleged to have committed GBV-related offences or are identified as at-risk of offending; and
- self-identify as Black or African-Canadian
The Gender-Based Violence program will provide community-based prevention and intervention programming to mitigate risk factors that contribute to male youth committing gender-based violence (GBV) related offences with a culturally-relevant framework to promote confidence, resilience and positive identity development and paths into adulthood among youth.
The delivery of the GBV program will consist of 16-week group mentorship that runs monthly for 3 hours addressing but not limited to:
Increasing youth awareness about Gender-Based Violence associated risks
Anger management
Case management
Employment and job skills training
Parenting skills
Drugs and alcohol addictions education
Supporting young people in creating a personalized plan for professional and educational goals
Stress Management
Conflict Resolution
Internship opportunities
Cultural and community education
The Gender-Based Violence program is designed to:
reduce Gender-Based Violence related offences among Black male youth;
obtain greater understanding of the underlying factors of GBV, such as gender inequality, sexism, harmful concepts of masculinity, as well as the impacts of intergenerational trauma, violence, colonialism and racism.
increase recognition of the impact of harmful behaviours and attitudes associated with GBV;
Our team would like to support the community and we believe that everyone has a role to keep our community safe and promising to the next generations to come. Check our referral information below and share with youth and families who would benefit from our program. Attached is the referral document which we accept by email or by fax 416-440-3379.If you have any further questions about this program, please feel free to contact our Gender-Based Violence program case worker.
- Head Office - #209, 2150 Islington Ave, Etobicoke, ON M9P 3V4
- Jane Hub - 1541 Jane St, North York, ON M9N 2R3
- Keele Hub - 1652 Keele St, Toronto, ON M6M 3W3
- HomeSafe York Office: 9401 Jane St Unit 326, Maple, ON L6A 4H7
- International Office: TCC Building, Taleh Road, Hodan District, Mogadishu, Somalia