Since March 13, the staff of Women’s Shelters Canada has been working hard – from home. We are fortunate that we are able to work from home to support the frontline workers keeping women and children safe in VAW shelters and transition houses across the country. Domestic violence and femicides don’t stop during a global […]
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For years, Women’s Shelters Canada, along with many other organizations, has been calling for a National Action Plan (NAP) on Violence Against Women (VAW). Canada needs a NAP on VAW to ensure that women in all areas of the country have access to comparable levels of services and protection. A NAP would ensure a shared understanding
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The election has been called for October 21, and Women’s Shelters Canada is hard at work to ensure that ending violence against women is on the agenda! During the 2015 federal election campaign, we, along with 20+ collaborators, called on all parties to include the development and implementation of a National Action Plan (NAP) on
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WSC and shelter staff with Dubravka Šimonovic during her visit This morning in Geneva, Dubravka Šimonovic, United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women (VAW), presented the report on her official visit to Canada to the UN Human Rights Council. In Ottawa, WSC executive director Lise Martin and representatives from other Canadian women’s rights
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Yesterday, the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls released their final report, Reclaiming Power and Place. As the National Inquiry states on their website, “The Final Report is comprised of the truths of more than 2,380 family members, survivors of violence, experts and Knowledge Keepers shared over two years of cross-country
Sometimes advocacy really does work! Women’s Shelters Canada has been advocating for the Standing Committee on the Status of Women to hear from more Indigenous women’s organizations, after only one such organization appeared as a witness during the nine scheduled meetings. As mentioned in our last blog, Sheila Malcolmson (NDP) brought forth a motion to
Advocacy Works! Indigenous Women’s Voices Heard Read More »
The last scheduled meeting of the Standing Committee on the Status of Women’s study of VAW shelters/transition houses took place on Monday, November 19. It was split into two one-hour slots: the first saw witness presentations from Eva Kratochvil, Survivor and Frontline Worker, Hiatus House; Anita Olsen Harper, Research Consultant, National Aboriginal Circle Against Family
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This week was scheduled to be the last week for witness statements on the study of VAW shelters and transition houses. Witnesses are listed at the end of this post. However, due to scheduling issues and a shorter eighth meeting, a final meeting is scheduled for later in November. Women’s Shelters Canada is deeply concerned
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