The Truth & Transformation: Advancing Gender Equity For Black Women, Girls And Gender Diverse, and Trans Peoples (B-WGGDT) In Canada project is a five-year initiative that addresses and responds to racialized gender-based violence experienced by Black women, girls, and gender-diverse people. 

It aims to align policies and procedures, increase capacity and skill-building resources and partnerships in response to gender-based violence.

Portfolio: Research & Education

Using traditional & novel tools for information gathering, to better understand the nuances of gendered violence.

Funders

WomenatthecentrE Team

Sonya Boyce (She/Her), Director

Nneka MacGregor (She/Her), Executive Director

Tarah Paul (She/They), Project Manager

Kiah A-Dixon (She/Her), Youth Lead 

• Our goal is to build organizational capacity among staff, students and volunteers to better support survivors and community members through a series of training sessions, as well as promote sustainability within the organization.

  Project Objectives

  • People to centre the lived experience of B-WGGD survivors of gender-based violence
  • Create a communications strategy to raise awareness about the needs of Black women, girls, and gender diverse people.
  • Conduct a comprehensive and community-based participatory research regarding experiences of gender-based violence of self-identified Black women, girls, and gender-diverse people
  • Develop a national gender equity policy to address structural factors such as gendered inequity and anti-Black racism