This toolkit was developed to support settlement workers responding to gender-based violence affecting racialized immigrant women. It brings together research, practical tools, and frontline insights to help workers apply survivor-centred, trauma- and violence-informed, culturally safe, and intersectional approaches in their practice.

 

The toolkit explores key barriers such as migration, racism, language access, economic insecurity, and service navigation, and includes reflection exercises, case examples, and the LIVES model to support safer and more responsive frontline care.