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.
Six in ten girls surveyed in Canada have experienced online abuse and harassment
A recent global survey of 14,000 girls aged 15–25 in 22 countries including Canada, showed that more than half (58 percent), have been harassed or abused online. In Canada, the results are even higher at 62 percent. The report, titled Free to be online? Girls' and...
BWSS AGM 2020
Click here to register! When: Thursday, October 22, 2020, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Where: Zoom This event is free of charge and open to members and non-members, we ask that non-members please register by 5 PM Tuesday, October 22 by emailing communityengagement@bwss.org. Once...
National Day of Action for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, Trans, and Two-Spirit People
Unceded lands of xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and Sel̓íl̓witulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations/Vancouver, BC) – Battered Women's Support Services (BWSS) is in solidarity with Indigenous families, communities, and survivors in honour of all of the lives...
Time to Thrive: Join Thriving
Thrive is one of our programs at BWSS that is carefully-designed to support the diverse needs of women with lived experience in sex economies in setting and achieving their goals. Thrive offers a non-judgmental space where participants can meet one-on-one with a...
Reproductive justice: Beyond safe abortions
This article uses the terms “pregnant people,” “mothers,” and “women” based on the context. We are aware that there are separate statistics on trans men and non-binary people and we acknowledge that there is information available beyond this article. Women who...
Financial Literacy Program for Black Immigrant Women
Occasionally, we proudly amplify the work of grassroots organizations who contribute to improving the lives of women, femmes, non-binary people, and children. In this case, we are excited to support the work of Vancouver Eastside Educational Enrichment Society (VEEES)...
Supreme Court of Canada’s anti-SLAPP judgments endanger survivors of gender-based violence
On September 10, 2020, the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) released judgments in two cases concerning the interpretation of Ontario’s anti-Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation (SLAPP) laws on which BC’s Protection of Public Participation Act is modeled. In...
Get a limited edition Dorothy Grant face mask and support BWSS programs and services
With more public spaces requiring face masks to reduce the spread of COVID-19, we are ecstatic to present this partnership with the one and only, Dorothy Grant. Dorothy Grant is a legendary Haida artist, and she has created limited edition face masks with 10% of...
Battered Women’s Support Services in need of more crisis line volunteers as support for domestic violence victims and survivors expand
Battered Women’s Support Services (BWSS) has been taking calls from victims and survivors at their most vulnerable times for the past four decades. As of March 2020, BWSS expanded their community-based crisis line to support 24/7, and added a texting service in...
BWSS Legal Services and Advocacy Program will be resuming our clinics
We’re happy to be resuming our Legal Forms Clinic Our Legal Forms Clinic are for Supreme and Provincial Court Family forms. They are offered for no fee and are facilitated by legal advocates and interns who can help women draft very specific family law court forms....
Work and volunteer at BWSS
Apply to come work with us We are a feminist ending violence organization with an entrepreneurial spirit known for our commitment to creating and implementing programs and services that empower women from all walks of life. We offer the opportunity to work within an...
Canadian courts test the “rough sex” defence (as seen in “The Economist”)
As seen in The Economist, August 1, 2020 In a trial in Canada later this year, one of the questions is whether Cindy Gladue liked rough sex. Specifically, if she liked it rough enough to consent to digital penetration that tore an 11cm wound in her vaginal wall. Ms...