Reacting to the Rise in Accountability Requirements: A Case Study of Status of Women Canada’s Women’s Program

Abstract

Nonprofit organizations working towards social progress on gender-based violence cannot effect systemic change alone; they depend on partnerships, networks, and funding to carry out their work. Many receive and even depend on government funding and support to move their missions forward. This work is a case study of the funds distributed for gender-based violence work through the Women's Program funding stream, administered by Status of Women Canada, between 1995 and 2015; it explores