Vision, Mission, Values & Principles

 

 

Women's Initiatives for Safer Environments is a community based bilingual
organization established in 1992. We work directly with individuals, diverse
communities, local government and agencies , to create safer physical and
social environments in our neighbourhoods, parks, workplaces, recreational
pathways, and schools. We believe that if we make the community safer for
women and other vulnerable groups, it will be safer for everyone!

We Believe that:
• violence against women is linked to women's inequality.

• Solutions to ending violence against women must be based on women's experiences.

• WISE respects the diversity of womens’ experiences and strives to reflect that diversity in our organization and programming.

• WISE is committed to continuing to develop our work in consultation with the community and we are dedicated to offering our services in both official languages.

• We support other womens’ and anti-violence organizations and will not duplicate the work of any other organization.

• To act as a catalyst to foster the creation and sustainability of safe social and physical environments.

• To organize and conduct public safety audits from a feminist perspective, including the perspective of the full diversity of women and other vulnerable people in society. A safety audit includes attending at a site; assessing safety issues; creating an action plan to address deficiencies and then follow up with stakeholders to monitor and <encourage implementation of recommendations.

• We work to accomplish this mission by working with local government, communities, agencies and those seeking to create safer environments.