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THE SIGNAL FOR
HELP GLOBAL
IMPACT GROWS
Photograpy: Justin Tang
Responder Community Rises to 59,000
Canadian Women’s Foundation celebrates the Signal for Help win at the Governor General’s Innovation Awards
Ceremony. > Watch
The award-winning Signal for Help has grown to
become an international “SOS” for help as a lifesaving tool to end gender-based violence. The
Signal is a simple one-handed gesture to silently
show you need help. It can be used in a video
call, out of a window, or in person.
▶ Featured at 2023 UN Commission on the
Status of Women, G7’s 2022 Gender Equity
Advisory Council in Berlin, Forum for Global
Challenges in the UK, and by The World Bank’s
Health and Safety Directorate
▶ Recognized internationally with over 40 social
change and innovation awards, including the
2023 Governor General’s Innovation Awards
and the Auschwitz Pledge Foundation’s 2023
Erase Indifference Challenge
Signal for Help by the numbers:
1,000+
news stories
59,000
people signed up to be Signal for Help
Responders
41%
of people in Canada know about the Signal
50
The number of countries where the
Signal has been shared
1 in 10
people in Canada have used the Signal
or seen it used
40
