Ending Violence Blog
Via our award winning blog Battered Women’s Support Services provides education and advocacy as we work towards the elimination of violence.
Join the #SafetyChangesEverything team!
Since 2012, you and others like you have supported us through their participation in the Scotiabank Half-Marathon and 5K Charity Challenge. Over the last six years you have ran, walked and wheeled with BWSS in support of women and girls in our community and together...
Volunteer with My Sister’s Closet, Eco-Thrift Boutique!
Love fashion? The excitement, the clothing, the accessories! My Sister’s Closet (MSC), eco-thrift boutique is all about fashion for social change. Volunteering at MSC provides girls and women with volunteer experience which increases esteem, confidence, and...
We’re Taking it to the Streets!
Since 2012, our supporters have participated in the Scotiabank Half-Marathon & 5K Charity Challenge, fundraising through walking, wheeling, running and donating each June to support women and girls in our community. Over the last 6 years, together, we have raised...
BWSS Hopeful with Legal Aid Increases to Family Law Services
PRESS RELEASE For immediate release April 25, 2018 Women’s Organization Hopeful with Legal Aid Increases to Family Law Services Vancouver, BC–Battered Women’s Support Services (BWSS) is cautiously hopeful with Legal Services Society (LSS) announcement of increases to...
Life-Saving Work
Prevention Week has Concluded but Violence Prevention Continues across the Province Community based organizations all over the Province do so much every day with so little. We truly appreciate all the incredible people that are doing life-saving work on the front-line...
Earth Day 2018
This Earth Day, My Sister's Closet, eco-thrift boutique is making it easier for you to make the switch to thrift. On Sunday, April 22nd shop and receive 25% off or recycle by dropping off a clothing donation and receive 35% off on in store purchases! Earth Day hours...
Prevention of Violence against Women Week 2018
For thousands of women and their children across Canada there is no “Home Sweet Home”. For Prevention of Violence against Women Week, April 15-21, 2018, Battered Women's Support Services presents "Home Sweet Home", a provocative video that poignantly confronts the...
BWSS Launches #SomeMenBreakMoreThanHearts for World Health Day 2018
1 in 5 women make their first disclosure of violence in an intimate relationship to their general practitioner. In B.C., an average of 232 women per year are admitted to a B.C. hospital for severe injuries from intimate partner violence. BWSS initiative...
BWSS is Offering Counselling and Crisis Support Services During and Beyond the #MMIWG Inquiry
BWSS is offering counselling and crisis support services during and beyond the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls inquiry hearing scheduled for Vancouver on April 3rd to 8th 2018 at the Sheraton Vancouver Airport Hotel, 7551 Westminster Highway in...
Over 80% of women who access BWSS need this support service…
BWSS Legal Advocacy Workshops Over 80% of women accessing Battered Women's Support Services identify at least one legal issue where they require information. For 15 years, BWSS has been providing legal advocacy workshops for women who have or are experiencing violence...
Volunteer Recognition Event 2018
On March 7, 2018 we honoured the over 150 people who volunteer at BWSS through our various programs and services at our annual volunteer recognition dinner. Each year BWSS celebrates these wonderful women during the week of International Women’s Day. We celebrated 80...
Why Commemorate International Women’s Day?
Why We Commemorate International Women’s Day You have probably seen a lot on social media about International Women’s Day. International Women’s Day is being packaged and sold for a discount in the guise of empowerment and equity. This so called celebration of Women’s...