We represent a strong, unified voice on the issue of violence against women on the national stage. Through collaboration, knowledge exchange and adoption of innovative practices, we advance the co-ordination and implementation of high quality services for women and children accessing shelters.
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Shelters and transition houses (THs) have been struggling with labour issues for decades, but with the onset of the pandemic and rising inflation, this has reached a crisis point. To better understand this pressing issue, we launched our Feminist Brain Drain Study in 2022 and the full report in 2024.
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Check out Techsafety.ca, a project of Women’s shelters Canada that equips shelter and transition house workers with the knowledge and resources they need to support women, children, and gender-diverse people with their experiences of technology-facilitated gender-based violence (TFGBV).
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This issue of Shelter Voices was designed to contribute to a better understanding of the non-residential and external services and programs provided by shelters/THs, highlighting the range of work happening in these organizations beyond providing a safe place to sleep.
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Check out our national awareness campaign,
which illustrates how VAW shelters and transition houses
are “More Than” shelter.
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Canada's National Action Plan needs to be bold, ambitious, and intersectional.
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Our mission is to work as a unified voice for systemic change to end violence against women, while providing leadership for collaboration and knowledge exchange among shelters and transition houses across the country. Shelters support women and children fleeing violence. We support the shelters.
