As we all know, reducing rates of gender-based violence is going to take some time. On the road to that, we've achieved some concrete results. For example, with the funding from the federal gender-based violence strategy given to our department, WAGE, alone, we've provided funding to more than 1,600 organizations. Because of that, almost 2.6 million women gained access to programs and supports related to gender-based violence, such as counselling, court services and trauma-informed victim services.
In addition to that, nearly one million people gained skills and knowledge to help prevent gender-based violence and to support those who are impacted by gender-based violence.
Just during the pandemic, we've invested $100 million in more than 1,200 organizations—shelters, sexual-assault centres and other organizations providing critical gender-based violence supports, and more than 1.3—