When Battered Women Are Arrested – A Growing Problem

In recent years, Battered Women’s Support Services has become increasingly alarmed by the growing number of women accessing our services who have been arrested for allegedly perpetrating domestic violence against their partners.  In our experience these arrests are occurring despite the fact that in all cases women were in relationships where they were being abused.

BWSS has written resources in response to this growing problem which are now available. Please click on the images below to download the full PDF version of the toolkit or manual.

When Battered Women Are Arrested: A resource for front-line workers	When Battered Women Are Arrested: A resource for women

Persian version of “When Battered Women Are Arrested”	Punjabi version of “When Battered Women Are Arrested”

Spanish version of “When Battered Women Are Arrested”	Download our resource manual for Front-line workers who deal with violence against women.

Toolkits for women working with Lawyers

Toolkit for Immigrant Women working with Lawyers	Toolkit for Lawyers working with Immigrant Women

Punjabi Toolkit for women working with Lawyers	Farsi Toolkit for Women working with Lawyers دفترچه راهنما برای زنانی که با وکیل سر و کار خواهند داشت

Engaging Immigrant Women in the Legal System Project is funded by The Law Foundation. For more information e-mail iwepc1@bwss.org or call 604-687-1868.