From Nov 26–Dec 9, ActionDignity partnered with six women’s organizations to mark the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence.
Together, we engaged newcomer women through workshops, awareness sessions, and community conversation circles—building knowledge, strengthening collective power, and supporting women to raise their voices against violence.
We are deeply grateful to our partner organizations for their leadership and commitment in advancing gender-based violence prevention.
Community Initiatives from Partner Organizations:
Calgary Vietnamese Woman’s Association: An Open house and Information Session engaging Vietnamese community members and newcomer women.
Afghan Canadian Women for Global Corporation (ACWGC): A Community Conversation Circle highlighting women’s lived experiences of resilience and violence against women.
First Step Together Society: A Community Awareness and Information Session focused on gender-based violence in immigrant and newcomer communities.
SheRises WeRise: A Community Outreach and Information Session to engage immigrant and newcomer women in an accessible and familiar setting.
Health and Social Research Center: A Community Workshop: From Awareness to Action: Preventing Gender Based Violence in Ethnocultural Communities.
Immigrant Learning Moms Society:
Calgary Vietnamese Women’s Association, FirstSteps Together Society, SheRises WeRise, Afghan Canadian Women for Global Cooperation, Health and Social Research Center, and Immigrant Learning Moms.
Systems change achievements from the campaign: A Community Conversation: Building Healthy Relationships & Strengthening Women’s Safety.
- Shifted community norms by creating safe, culturally responsive spaces that moved conversations on gender-based violence from silence to collective responsibility
- Strengthened information flows by increasing access to rights, resources, and prevention knowledge through trusted, community-based and language- appropriate approaches.
- Built relational trust between ethnocultural communities and support systems, supporting earlier help-seeking and sustained engagement.
- Elevated lived experience as a driver of narrative change, advocacy, and community-informed prevention strategies.