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.
Prevention of Violence Against Women Week 2015
#BecauseYouCan Battered Women’s Support Services (BWSS) is committed to taking action and preventing violence against women. Each year we commemorate Prevention of Violence Against Women Week held during the third week of April. This year, during Prevention of...
#Justice4CindyGladue
#Justice4CindyGladue Collective Outrage. Unified Voice. Power of Communities. From St. John’s to Victoria, hundreds across Canada gathered and marched on Thursday, April 2nd calling for justice for Cindy Gladue and all missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls....
Indigenous and Women’s Groups Join The Call For Justice For Cindy Gladue
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Indigenous and Women's Groups Join The Call For Justice For Cindy Gladue PRESS RELEASE- April 2, 2015 Vancouver, Coast Salish Territories The February 14th Women’s Memorial March Committee (WMMC) joins numerous local women’s and social justice...
Justice for Cindy Gladue
All across these lands, in almost twenty cities and communities, there will be rallies on Thursday April 2 to honour Cindy Gladue's life and to demand justice for her with a specific call for a re-trial (please see below). Cindy Gladue was a 36-year old Indigenous...
We Recognize! And Here’s Why…
Today, perhaps more than ever, people around the world want change. Change in the inequalities that perpetuate oppression. Change in the systems that inhibit self-determination and prevent justice. Since our inception, at Battered Women’s Support Services we...
Intimate Partner Criminal Harassment Is Also Gendered
"Stalking is one vicious manifestation of a broader spectrum of violence against women, one part of a multifaceted whole, intricately linked to the systemic social, economic and political inequalities experienced daily by Canadian women. The statistics detailing the...
Let’s Be Clear Pick-Up Artists = Men Who Contribute to Rape Culture
Nicole* was shopping on Robson street when a man approached her. After a few minutes of harmless conversation, Nicole tried to turn back to what she was doing, but the man insisted and continued to harass her. “I made it very obvious to him that I didn’t want to...
Webcast: Women Seeking Justice Forum ~ International Women’s Day 2015
International Women’s Day 2015 Battered Women’s Support Services Legal Services and Advocacy Program Presents: Women Seeking Justice Forum Women Seeking Justice Forum convenes a former judge, researchers, academics, lawyers, legal advocates, and feminist thinkers to...
Legal Advocacy – How you can assist women’s access to justice and equality under the law
International Women’s Day 2015 provides a great opportunity to highlight the ways in which women fleeing abusive relationships seek safety and justice through the legal system. The virtual elimination of Legal Aid in British Columbia and the complicated acceptance...
Ending violence is not just on the agenda, it IS the agenda ~ #MMIW
The following blog will highlight how little action has been undertaken to date despite 58 reports and 700 recommendations tabled so far. A Canadian National Roundtable on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Girls and Women was held on February 27, 2015 in Ottawa, Ontario...
Youth Working Together To Prevent Dating Violence
BWSS offers training to young women and young men who want to volunteer for our YOUth Ending Violence Program and facilitate workshops for youth. To provide youth with knowledge on the differences between healthy and abusive relationships, understanding the dynamics...
We Care About Women and Are Pleased to Support You In This Work
We Care About Women and Are Pleased to Support You In This Work Women who bike to our office now have a secure location to lock up because of Advantage Bike Racks and Lockers. “We care about women and are pleased to support you in this work” he said after donating...