‘Preventative work’: Advocates hope $400,000 fund brings new awareness to MMIWG in Sask.
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Those consulted on Saskatchewan's new MMIWG Community Response Fund say more awareness is needed to curb domestic violence in the province and keep women safe.
Those consulted on the creation of a new $400,000 provincial fund hope it helps raise more awareness about Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG) in Saskatchewan.
“I think we want to get the message out there that instead of always being reactive we need to start doing preventative work,” Marlene Bear said Monday in Regina at a launch event for Saskatchewan’s newly created MMIWG Community Response Fund.
“And we need to bring knowledge to the community that domestic violence is not acceptable anywhere.”
At least 10 individual community projects will receive funding through the new program, which was created in response to the National Inquiry into MMIWG‘s call for Indigenous-led solutions and services.
According to a provincial news release, the selected projects will “promote and enhance prevention, and build safety for Indigenous women, girls and Two Spirit+ people, their families and communities.”
Bear, who works in in Saskatchewan’s north, says resources for community initiatives dedicated to MMIWG have so far been “scarce”.
“I don’t think they even really realize what their own communities are going through because of the lack of resources,” she said.
Myrna LaPlante, Lori Whiteman and Autumn Larose-Smith also heled develop the program and its funding criteria.
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