Status of Women committee  No, these are pilot community development projects because this is a community development approach. One of the things we know at DAWN Canada, and I think most people in the VAW sector recognize, is that change happens on the ground in communities. This is research with a purpo

Status of Women committee  Thank you.

Status of Women committee  One of the most critical things we need to understand is that women with disabilities are not even disclosing. I think really, Niki, that your question is important, but one of the things that DAWN Canada is doing for the 16 days to end violence against women is a campaign call

Status of Women committee  Yes, she's been tremendous.

Status of Women committee  Handicap International, it's the name of the organization that's recognized our work.

Status of Women committee  We're a national organization and Handicap International is an international development agency focused on people with disabilities. They have recognized our program, the one that we're currently funded for through Status of Women Canada, as one of the most promising best practic

Status of Women committee  A little over $500,000.

Status of Women committee  Yes, it was one of the most well-funded projects for last year from Minister Leitch. She committed that funding because she understood that what we needed to do was to go across the country to understand what those different intersections are for women with disabilities. It allow

Status of Women committee  No.

Status of Women committee  It's that larger discussion again, I think, because we all feel we need to do this, to come back to the idea that what we need to do is to develop a national action plan that's inclusive of all women with disabilities, that understands that each woman has an individual need, and

Status of Women committee  I think the important thing to understand is that young women with disabilities want to be included like everyone else. Young women with disabilities definitely want to be included. They're not doing anything any different from other young women out there. Coming back to my inc

Status of Women committee  Actually, “we can tell and we will tell” is ours.

Status of Women committee  We have a positive campaign right now on Twitter, on Facebook, and on all social media. I think that's an important way that DAWN Canada is addressing it—through social media, directly, out there in that conversation.

Status of Women committee  Consistent funding for the work around violence against women is absolutely critical. The possibility of continuing to do the work we're doing is one of the important ways this happens. Because we're talking about something systemic and long-standing, long-standing and systemic t

Status of Women committee  As I said, it's a community development project. The costs are definitely related to the geographical scope of the project, so it's important to understand that $500,000 is not a lot of money when you're talking about 13 sites across the country. It is again, as I said, what we w