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Minister Visits Organizaton Receiving Funding
Status of Women
Community-based organizations across the province are receiving funding to support their work to address gender-based violence. This week, Leah Martin, Minister responsible for the Nova Scotia Advisory Council on the Status of Women, visited GEO (Getting Everyone Online) Nova Scotia in Dartmouth, one of the funding recipients. The news release about the funding is at: https://news.novascotia.ca/en/2025/04/03/funding-support-gender-based-violence-initiatives
GEO (Getting Everyone Online) Nova Scotia’s Juren Emiko, Digital Inclusion Facilitator (left), and Josie Lake, Interim Program Partnership Manager (centre), with Leah Martin, Minister responsible for the Nova Scotia Advisory Council on the Status of Women, hold a cell phone and a mental health pocket guide. (Province of Nova Scotia)
Quotes from participants of the GEO mobile program express how receiving a cell phone and data plan after escaping domestic violence made a positive impact on their lives. (Province of Nova Scotia)
Participants of the GEO mobile program receive a free cell phone and data plan, along with a mental health pocket guide, to help them rebuild their lives after escaping violence. (Province of Nova Scotia)