New OCASI Project: Neighbours, Friends and Families (NFF) Diverse Communities Project
April 23, 2009
OCASI is offering orientation sessions to immigrant-serving agencies on the Neighbours, Friends and Families (NFF)
Diverse Communities Project.
Violence against immigrant and refugee women has been recognized by immigrant serving agencies as a gravely important issue in their communities. Violence, in all its forms, is a major barrier to women’s safety; self-reliance; and social, economic, political, cultural and psychological participation in society. To that end, OCASI has made the prevention of violence against immigrant and refugee women as one of its priority areas.
In partnership with the Centre for Research and Education on Violence against Women and Children at the University of Western Ontario, OCASI is sponsoring a series of orientation sessions to immigrant-serving organizations in Ontario.
What is NFF?
Neighbours, Friends and Families is a province-wide public education campaign run by the Centre for Research and Education on Violence Against Women and Children, with support from the Ontario Women’s Directorate, to raise awareness of the signs of woman abuse so that those close to an at-risk woman or an abusive man can help.