# Event Details - **Event Name**: Voices for Change Conference on Ending GBV Among Refugees and Newcomers - **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 27 Nov, 2025 at 08:30 am – Thu, 27 Nov, 2025 at 05:00 pm - **Event Description**: Join us to end GBV in refugee & newcomer communities—learn, connect, act during the 16 Days of Activism.About this EventJoin us for a full-day conference dedicated to ending gender-based violence (GBV) among Black and racialised immigrant and refugee women, girls, and LGBTQIA+ individuals. Learn, connect, and take action during the global 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence.About the ConferenceThe Voices for Change Conference 2025 is hosted by Hope for Refugees International and takes place during the global 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence (November 25 – December 10).This year’s theme, From Harm to Healing: Ending GBV and Building Safer Refugee and Newcomer Communities, will guide a day of dialogue, skills-building, and collaborative action.We will explore urgent issues—including human trafficking, economic abuse, and harmful gender norms—while sharing solutions to improve survivor support and strengthen community prevention capacity.Why This Conference, Why NowGBV disproportionately affects refugees, newcomers, and LGBTQI+ individuals due to intersecting systemic barriers such as racism, colonialism, homophobia/transphobia, ableism, poverty, precarious immigration status, and housing insecurity (WAGE, 2022).Globally, humanitarian and displacement contexts amplify risks, with an estimated 1 in 5 refugee or displaced women experiencing sexual violence in complex emergencies (World Health Organization (WHO, 2024).Locally, Toronto’s SafeTO plan and Ontario’s Action Plan to End GBV highlight the urgent need for culturally safe, trauma-informed, and prevention-focused strategies (City of Toronto, 2023; Government of Ontario, 2023).Why Attend?Learn from survivors, service providers, policymakers, and advocates.Build skills to identify, interrupt, and prevent GBV.Connect with local, provincial, national, and global networks.Take action with clear steps you can implement in your community or organizationConference Objectives1. Strengthen Survivor Access to Essential SupportsEnsure refugee and newcomer survivors of GBV can access timely, trauma-informed, and culturally safe health care, legal aid, housing, income supports, and immigration services through coordinated and accessible systems.2. Build Clear and Coordinated Referral PathwaysDevelop and promote streamlined, multilingual referral networks—anchored by a Survivor Resource Hub—that connect survivors to services without retraumatization or systemic barriers.3. Enhance Community-Based Prevention CapacityEquip frontline workers, service providers, community leaders, and men/boys with the knowledge, tools, and skills to identify, interrupt, and prevent GBV within refugee and newcomer communities.4. Foster Collaborative and Sustainable ChangeStrengthen partnerships across sectors—government, community organizations, and survivor networks—to integrate survivor support and prevention strategies, creating long-term, safer communities for all.Who Should Attend?Refugees, immigrants, and newcomersSurvivors of GBV and traffickingSocial workers, healthcare providers, and settlement workersLegal aid and justice sector professionalsFaith leaders, educators, and youth leadersPolicy makers and municipal/provincial leadersAcademics, researchers, and studentsConference HighlightsPlenary SessionsOpening Plenary – Ending Violence Is Possible: If We Act Together NowFrom Response to Prevention: Survivor-Centred Services & Community Capacity to End GBVWorkshopsBreaking the Chains – Understanding and Combating Human Trafficking in Refugee and Newcomer CommunitiesBeyond Dollars and Cents – Recognizing and Addressing Economic Abuse and Coercive ControlMen as Allies – Championing Positive Masculinity in Refugee and Newcomer CommunitiesExpected OutcomesImproved survivor access to culturally appropriate services and a multilingual Survivor Resource Hub.Strengthened prevention capacity to address GBV, including technology-facilitated and economic abuse.Greater confidence in justice systems among racialised, immigrant, refugee, and LGBTQI+ survivors.Systems change commitments from municipal and provincial partners.Alignment with Existing StrategiesFederal: The National Action Plan to End GBV operationalises Pillars 1, 2, 3, and 5, and follows principles of intersectionality, survivor-centredness, and trauma- and violence-informed practice (WAGE, 2022).Provincial: Ontario’s Action Plan to End GBV and Anti-Human Trafficking Strategy (2025–2030) focuses on prevention, survivor supports, and community-based services (Government of Ontario, 2023).Municipal: Toronto’s SafeTO promotes a public health, prevention-first approach, aligning with conference objectives (City of Toronto, 2023).Evidence Snapshot1 in 5 refugee/displaced women in complex emergencies experiences sexual violence (WHO, 2024).Sexual-minority Canadians face higher violent victimization rates; trans and gender-diverse people are especially at risk (Statistics Canada, 2022).Human trafficking victims in Canada are predominantly women and girls; Ontario accounts for two-thirds of reported cases (Statistics Canada, 2023).GBV’s economic and social costs are long-term and intergenerational (Department of Justice Canada, 2012).Learn more about conference here: https://hopeforrefugees.org/elementor-3272/ Have questions or want to get involved?Contact us at: Email: info@hopeforrefugees.orgTel: +1 (416) 576-9164 https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events8/banners/d83ca5e0-9f87-11f0-96b3-5d4ab130fed7-rimg-w1110-h740-dc17161b-gmir.jpg Agenda?: 09:00 AM - 10:30 AMOpening Plenary – Ending Violence Is Possible: If We Act Together NowInfo: In this high-impact session, we’ll connect the global movement to the urgent realities faced by Black and racialised immigrant and refugee women, girls, and LGBTQIA+ individuals in Canada. You’ll hear from survivor leaders, grassroots organizers, and policy changemakers who prove that GBV is preventable when we stand together. Expect bold ideas, honest stories, and a shared commitment to take action—now and beyond the 16 Days campaign. Together, we can build communities where everyone lives free from violence.?: 11:30 AM - 01:00 PMBreaking the Chains: Understanding & Combat'g Human Traffick'g in Refugee CommInfo: Breaking the Chains: Understanding and Combating Human Trafficking in Refugee and Newcomer Communities This alternate breakout workshop will unpack how labour trafficking and sex trafficking manifest locally, including recruitment tactics—both in-person and online—and how traffickers exploit vulnerabilities such as precarious immigration status, housing instability, and economic hardship. Participants will explore prevention strategies, safe exit planning, and rapid-response referrals for victims, as well as status-regularisation options for survivors fearful of deportation.?: 11:30 AM - 01:00 PMBeyond Dollars and Cents-Recogniz'g & Address'g Economic Abuse & Coercive ContInfo: This alternate breakout session will provide a safe, engaging space to understand, identify, and address economic abuse and coercive control. Participants will explore how these abuses manifest—such as withholding money, sabotaging employment, controlling access to housing, or manipulating immigration sponsorship—and the long-term impacts on survivors’ economic security and mental health. The workshop will also connect participants to practical tools, financial literacy resources, and culturally safe supports available in Ontario, including community legal clinics, settlement agencies, and crisis lines. Survivors’ voices will guide the conversation, ensuring the content is grounded in lived experience.?: 02:15 PM - 03:30 PMMen as Allies: Championing Positive Masculinity in Refugee and Newcomer CommunInfo: This skills-based workshop will equip men—especially newcomers—to critically reflect on harmful gender norms, unlearn violence-supportive behaviours, and embrace positive masculinity in their families and communities. Participants will engage in practical exercises, group dialogue, and real-life scenarios to develop strategies for promoting equality and respect in faith groups, home settings, shelters, classrooms, sports teams, and community gatherings.?: 03:45 PM - 05:00 PMFrom Response to Prevention: Survivor-Centred Services & Community Capacity toInfo: Expert Presentations & Interactive Dialogue How can we end gender-based violence (GBV) in refugee and newcomer communities? By ensuring survivors get the right help—when they need it—and by building communities that can stop violence before it starts. This plenary will explore how to: Improve survivor access to trauma-informed, culturally appropriate health, legal, housing, income support, and immigration services. Create clear referral pathways and a multilingual Survivor Resource Hub. Strengthen prevention skills among frontline workers, community leaders, and men/boys to identify, interrupt, and prevent GBV. Hear from service providers, survivor leaders, and prevention advocates who are making this vision a reality—and leave with practical ideas to connect survivor supports with community-driven prevention efforts. - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/toronto/voices-for-change-conference-on-ending-gbv-among-refugees-and-newcomers/100001583909188019 - **Event Categories**: business, conferences, health-wellness, workshops, sports, mental-health - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 ## Ticket Details - **Ticket URL**: https://consumer.pxf.io/c/1339408/3151484/39691?partnerpropertyid=1191892&MediaPartnerPropertyId=1191892&svlink=14105511&level=1&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eventbrite.com%2Fe%2Fvoices-for-change-conference-on-ending-gbv-among-refugees-and-newcomers-tickets-1583909188019 - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 22.63, max: 427.33, currency: CAD ## Event venue details - **city**: Toronto - **state**: ON - **country**: Canada - **location**: 163 Queen St E - **lat**: 43.6537285 - **long**: -79.37234600000001 - **full address**: 163 Queen St E, 163 Queen Street East, Toronto, Canada ## Event Organizer details - **affiliate_id**: 10 - **organizer**: Hope for Refugees International - HRI (https://allevents.in/org/hope-for-refugees-international-hri/23227530) ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: banner - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events7/banners/076bab80fca976d1cf9525bdb2beecfefb616cea04910edab18eefa266dee7b7-rimg-w1200-h600-dc510331-gmir.jpg?v=1759406662 - **Alt text**: thumbnail - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events7/banners/71e301ea164eef8262e9da70c86874d3fb047e0d727cc8c424474f691bbf1b08-rimg-w400-h400-dc500331-gmir.jpg?v=1759406661 ## FAQs - **Q**: When is the event happening? 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