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.
The Federal/Provincial/Territorial Justice Minister’s October 15, 2010 commitment to Canada’s missing and murdered women and subsequent federal government funding decisions
November 15, 2010 Angela Marie MacDougall, Executive Director Battered Women Support Services PO Box 21503 - 1424 Commercial Dr. Vancouver, BC V5L 5G2 The Honorable Robert Nicholson Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada 284...
Hip Hop: Beyond Beats & Rhymes Film by Byron Hurt
https://vimeo.com/143038369 Byron Hurt's brilliant film, that makes a long conversation short, connecting the dots on commerce, race, masculinity and violence against women www.bhurt.com
Yaletown fashion boutique-slash-social enterprise gets a facelift By Alex Samur
Yaletown fashion boutique-slash-social enterprise gets a facelift by Alex Samur Community, sustainable and socially progressive aren’t buzzwords typically associated with uber-yuppified, fashion-conscious Yaletown. But a newly rebranded thrift...
amulet for survivors by Cynthia Dewi Oka
amulet for survivors by Cynthia Dewi Oka when time is army marshalled against you starved and alone i write in celebration your survival each molecule of courage you collect sunrise and sundown. when you cannot move with the music...
My Sister’s Closet – Social Enterprise of Battered Women’s Support Services
My Sister’s Closet – Social Enterprise of Battered Women’s Support ServicesFuse your social activism with fashion by volunteering with the My Sister’s Closet Thrift BoutiqueTwo locationsCommercial Drive Pop Up 1029 Commercial Drive - The Drive ...
Social Media for Social Change Volunteers!
Social Media for Social Change!! Battered Women’s Support Services is looking for Online Community and Social Media Volunteers Our ideal candidates are self-proclaimed social networking “Experts in Training” who actively use Facebook, Twitter,...
Sexual Assault in the Context of Domestic/Dating Violence
Sexual Assault in the Context of Domestic/Dating Violence by Washington Coalition of Sexual Assault Programs Helping the Hidden Survivors We pass these people on the streets of our communities: the young mother who is afraid to refuse sex because her...
BWSS White Paper on Family Relations Act
Battered Women Support Services Response to: White Paper on Family Relations Act: Reform Proposals for a new Family Law Act Introduction Battered Women Support Services (BWSS) recognizes the value and importance of the family law modernization...
SWAN Vancouver Society Open House
Supporting Women's Alternatives Network (SWAN Vancouver Society) is pleased to be inviting you to our: Open House and the launch of the Preventing Violence by Protecting Rights (PVPR) Project. Guest speaker: Jenny Kwan, MLA Vancouver │ Mt Pleasant When: Saturday,...
You Can Help Keep The Circle Strong
You Can Help Keep the Circle Strong Violence and abuse is endemic and follows girls and women through infancy, childhood, adolescence, adulthood and as elders. Sex selection, infanticide, child prostitution, sexual abuse, date violence...
Navigating Systems for Women’s Advocacy
Navigating Systems for Women's Advocacy Battered Women’s Support Services will participate at BC Society of Transition Houses Annual Conference October 21st 1 pm in Richmond, BC As a movement designed to end violence against women while...
CEDAW 2010 Report
October 18, 2010 - British Columbia has a C- average in women's rights, according to the second annual West Coast LEAF CEDAW Report Card, released today. The report is being released on Persons Day, the 1929 victory that established many women as...