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.
My Sister’s Closet is moving
My Sister’s Closet is moving I have some exciting news to share, My Sister’s Closet is moving permanently to 3958 Main Street! Our lease has ended at our beloved Seymour Street location, the new landlord has other plans for the space and as the saying goes, when one...
Battered Women’s Support Services Applauds the Anti-Racism Data Act
Monday May 2, 2022 – (Xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh)/Vancouver, B.C.) Battered Women’s Support Services (BWSS) applauds the introduction of B.C.’s Anti-Racism Data Act, which will use demographic race-based data to...
Femicide is the Shadow Pandemic
Femicide is the Shadow Pandemic Despite our efforts to bring a visible and a focus to femicide in British Columbia and Canada, our political leaders have ignored femicide as an everyday reality for women, girls, femmes, trans and non-binary people. As shown by...
Two new job opportunities at BWSS
New job opportunities at BWSS Apply to work with us BWSS is a feminist ending violence organization with an entrepreneurial spirit on a mission to end gender-based violence. For over 40 years we’ve walked alongside cis and trans women, femmes, and transfeminine...
TOMORROW: two events
Announcing two short notice events that you may be interested in attendingJoin Battered Women’s Support Services Indigenous Women’s Program for a film screening and discussion of “Not Just Another Case: When Your Loved One has Gone Missing or Been Murdered.” Date and...
21st Sexual Assault Awareness Month
April 2022 marks the 21st anniversary of Sexual Assault Awareness Month. SAAM is part of a broad herstory of anti-violence work and was founded by the National Sexual Violence Resource Centre in the US to educate, call for political and legal reform and to end sexual...
International Trans Day of Visibility
Rachel Crandall, a U.S.-based transgender activist, founded the International Trans Day of Visibility to raise awareness of the incredible burden of discrimination the community faces in every setting imaginable. The need to bring a day of ‘visibility’ for the...
The intersections of race and gender
Examining the intersections of race and gender: International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination March 21, the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, marks the anniversary of the 1960 Sharpeville Massacre in South Africa when...
BWSS Engagement on Proposed Provincial Race-Based Data Collection
The founding women at BWSS recognized that violence against women and gender-based violence does not only take place between two individuals, in isolation, but in a social context and is rooted in world view which systemically reinforces the power of some people to...
International Women’s Day 2022
When will Canada and BC say enough is enough when it comes to femicide? As we celebrate the achievements of women, girls, and femmes all around the world today on International Women's Day, we must also recognize that women, girls, and femmes still face gender-based...
Black Women’s History Week, Black History Month supporting Black Futures at BWSS
Black Women's History Week is a dedicated time to elevate and celebrate Black women and our contributions. The framework was created by Feminista Jones in 2018. Feminista Jones acknowledges previous attempts by others to celebrate Black Women’s History Week during the...
Come Work with Us!
Main Street Pop-Up My Sister’s Closet Volunteer and Community Engagement Co-ordinator Seven-month temporary position 40 hours per week at $24.48 per hour Work schedule based on operational requirements seven days a week consistent with collective agreement provisions...