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.
Women & Women’s Organizations Respond Quickly to Sexual Assaults in Downtown Eastside Shelter
Women & Women’s Organizations Respond Quickly to Sexual Assaults in Downtown Eastside Church Shelter While Shelter and City of Vancouver Ignore Reports by Downtown Eastside women and women's organizations http://vancouver.mediacoop.ca/newsrelease/6390 For...
REEL CAUSES is proudly supporting the Women's Memorial March
REEL CAUSES is proudly supporting the Women's Memorial March through its February Event & the screening of "Finding Dawn" & "Survival, Strength, Sisterhood: Power of Women in the Downtown Eastside" When: Friday February 18th Time: 6:30 pm Where: Langara...
Their Spirits Live Within Us – A Night of Music Commemorating 20 Years
An evening of music for downtown eastside residents Thank you, February 14th Women's Memorial March Committee, for this vision and the steadfast leadership of women of Vancouver's Downtown Eastside, bringing courage and commitment to remember and honour the missing...
Zero Waste Fashion
Zero waste fashion - February 15th, 2011 Eco-fashion designer launches ambitious fashion incubator (zero.O.lab) is a collaborative project developed by successful Vancouver based eco-fashion designer, Katherine Soucie of Sans Soucie, to produce the first in house...
My Sister’s Closet Commercial dr. location Closing
Thank you for being a part of the solution... It is with a heavy heart that we announce that Battered Women's Support Services will close the Commercial Drive location of My Sister's Closet at the end of February. Thank you for believing in our...
2011 Legal Advocacy Worskhops
Updated dates for BWSS 2011 Legal Advocacy Workshops have been announced, click here for a complete list of session dates and information. Workshops will be held Wednesday from 12 noon to 2 pm Location: Battered Women's Support Services in...
Life After a Refugee Camp
"It’s hard enough to get a job today. Imagine trying to enter the workforce after spending nearly two decades in a refugee camp. That’s the harsh reality for more than 40 million people around the globe who are currently displaced by armed...
RCMP report finds few problems with Pickton investigation
The RCMP released a 27 page report on their internal review of the Pickton case yesterday; in it the RCMP do not admit that mistakes were made and state that if this investigation were to take place today, very little would change. Read the...
Statement on Gender, Economic and Environmental Justice by African Women Activists
Development Alternatives with Women for a New Era (DAWN), is a network of feminists and activists working for economic and gender justice and political transformation in the Economic South. From the 20-23 of November 2010, several feminists...
Missing Vancouver Island teen’s cell phone recovered
Missing 18-year-old Tyeshia Jones is seen in this undated handout photo. Date: Monday Jan. 24, 2011 2:18 PM PT Mounties say they are increasingly concerned about the welfare of a missing 18-year-old after her cell phone was discovered outdoors...
Beverley Jacobs Presentation to the HOC Standing Committee on the Status of Women
Presentation to the House of Commons Standing Committee on the Status of Women Violence Against Aboriginal Women By Beverley Jacobs January 18, 2011 This presentation is dedicated to my cousin Tashina General, her unborn child, Tucker and to...
Downtown Eastside Women’s Centre Speaks at Missing Women’s Commission
Jan 19 VANCOUVER, Coast Salish Territories – The Downtown Eastside Women’s Centre will be making submissions and giving input to Wally Oppal and the Missing Women Commission of Inquiry today at the Japanese Language Hall. The Downtown Eastside...