Family Violence Initiative
COMPENDIUM OF PROMISING PRACTICES TO REDUCE VIOLENCE AND INCREASE SAFETY OF ABORIGINAL WOMEN IN CANADA
INTERACTIONS WITHIN COMMUNITIES
Family Violence Interventions
- Program Name:
Family Violence Program
- Organization/Community:
Prince Albert Grand Council Woman's Commission (PAGC)
- Location:
Prince Albert, Saskatchewan
- Website:
- Goals and Objectives:
To deliver a community-based wellness program to assist families from the 12 First Nation communities of the PAGC to reduce violence and abuse.
- Target Group Description:
Everyone.
- Program Description:
The program seeks to increase the public's awareness of the issue of missing and murdered Aboriginal people. The program organizes an annual walk that honours the memory of those murdered or missing. It seeks to provide support services and advocacy to victims' families and to work with community members to develop domestic violence prevention policies and procedures. The program assists women in escaping violent relationships.
- Program Successes/Impact:
The organization and ongoing annual Honouring Our Sisters and Brothers Walk.
- Key Lessons/Challenges:
The lack of court referrals to the program limits the amount of clients the program is able to help.
- Program in operation since:
2003.
- Program:
Ongoing.
- Date modified: