Gender-based violence strategy includes millions for centre of excellence
OTTAWA — The Liberal government has unveiled its strategy on gender-based violence, which includes creating a centre of excellence within Status of Women Canada devoted to understanding the problem so they can get better at trying to solve it.
Status of Women Minister Maryam Monsef said the money will help collect and share national data on gender-based violence that other levels of government and those on the front lines are unable to gather on their own.
“It is incredibly important that our actions, how we spend money, the way that we deliver programming, is based on knowledge and evidence and that we share that knowledge across the country,” Monsef said in an interview Monday.
The Gender-Based Violence Knowledge Centre, which will act as a hub to help prevent federal departments and agencies from working at cross purposes, will receive $77.5 million over five years — plus $16 million a year going forward — for research, data collection and programming.