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 Violence Stops Here – Men Stopping Violence
3 Days Left to Make a Difference!!! With a Simple Click of the Mouse The Violence Stops Here! VOTE NOW! If you could help end violence with a simple click of the mouse, would you? Your vote today could make the difference between success and...
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Help us re-launch My Sister’s Closet – Yaletown located at 1092 Seymour & Helmcken Street on THURSDAY OCTOBER 14 from 6 - 9 PM. Great food, great fashion, great entertainment…with our special guest speakers: Elizabeth Lougheed, Green...
Vancouver Police Department Cancels Meeting With Feb 14th Women’s Memorial March Committee
Walk4Justice Co-founder Gladys Radek speaks about Gender Violence in Vancouver Downtown Eastside
My name is Gladys Radek, from Walk4Justice. I am writing in response to the article in the Georgia Strait about the rally held in front of the police station on October 4, 2010, where some of our hard working colleagues were consequently...
Day of Action for Ashley Machisknic
February 14th Women’s Memorial March Committee Day of Action for Ashley Machisknic, murdered in Downtown Eastside Monday October 4th, Ceremony and Vigil at 5 pm behind Regent Hotel (160 East Hastings), followed by rally to Vancouver...
Ending Violence – Survivor Stories
Do I know when it began, oh yes I certainly do!! By Theresa Duggan I was a child of nine. I was sexually abused for three years, till I was twelve, when I made a serious suicide attempt. I was never the same. The innocence of childhood had been...
Public Dreams Window Contest Winner – My Sister’s Closet
Congratulations on My Sister’s Closet -Commercial Drive for WINNING the BEST WINDOW in the Illuminaries Festival, put on by "Public Dreams" -that creates opportunities for people to experience the joy of artistic expression, to see themselves...
Beauty Positive – Ending Violence
Battered Women’s Support Services has partnered with Leave Out ViolencE (LOVE) in support of youth empowerment and ending violence.
The Province of BC Ignores Aboriginal Groups, Women’s Groups
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/pickton/pickton-inquiry-details-kept-from-aboriginal-groups/article1728852/ At Battered Women’s Support Services we had these dreams about and advocated for Mary-Ellen Turpel...
Less Human Trafficking Awareness Campaigns, More Action Campaigns
Less Human Trafficking Awareness Campaigns, More Action Campaigns By Jamaal Bell Article posted on Huffington Post and AlterNet. http://www.jamaalbell.com/2010/05/less-human-trafficking-awareness-campaigns/ In April, during the...
Day of Action for Ashley Machisknic
DAY OF ACTION FOR ASHLEY will be held on Monday, October 4, 2010 from 5:00 pm-8:00 pm. We will meet in front of the Regent Hotel which is just down the street from the Carnegie Centre. We will then march from the Regent to the alley way...
Media Misses the Point
Make Violence Against Women a Priority By Athena Affan I’ve been thinking about the two recent events involving young women – the party in Pitt Meadows...