CARE has collaborated with SHIFT: The Project to End Domestic Violence and the IMPACT provincial collective to produce two reports as part of a series of policy research briefs designed to inform the Alberta Primary Prevention Framework Collaborative (APPF) Policy Collaborative on strategies and actions to prevent domestic and sexual violence.

Primary prevention is about stopping the perpetration of domestic and sexual violence before it starts by targeting the structural and cultural conditions that produce and reinforce violence while addressing community and societal risk factors for violence and building protective factors. The goal of the APPF is to lay out recommendations for primary prevention efforts that will challenge the systems of oppression and problematic worldviews to enable all Albertans to live a life of safety, equity, dignity, justice, and belonging free from violence. The two policy research reports are described below.

Social Welfare

This report identifies gaps and weaknesses in existing social policies focused on economic/financial supports, including income, employment, and childcare, in the primary prevention of domestic and family violence. The report highlights the importance of socio-economic factors in domestic violence and examines how social policies can address root causes and drivers of domestic and family violence.