Ending Violence Blog

On December 6th, 2022, Battered Women’s Support Services (BWSS) hosted an in-person, community gathering for solidarity, healing, reflection, and resistance — marking both National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women and the launch of our latest...

There is a popular assumption that if a woman is in an abusive relationship she has the power to end the abuse if she just leaves. However, the reality is that leaving does not mean the abuse ends and in fact, is the most dangerous time for a woman. Violence in an...

Anti-violence organizations are heartbroken and outraged at the killing of Stephanie Forster: Forster had a protection order and Gianluigi Derossi killed her  On December 15, BWSS, Surrey Women's Centre, and Tri-Cities Transition Society held rallies to draw attention...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  Women’s Organization Heartbroken and Outraged at Killing of Stephanie Forster: Forster Had a Protection Order and Gianluigi Derossi Killed her Anyway Friday, December 16, 2022 - (xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) and səlilwətaɬ...

Battered Women’s Support Services is thrilled to have released “Colour of Violence: Race, Gender & Anti-Violence Services,” our new report documenting the experiences of Indigenous, Black, newcomer immigrant/refugee, and racialized survivors in B.C. Our “Colour of...

BWSS Violence Prevention and Intervention Training Program A life-changing program Over 40 Years of Providing Highly Recognized Training   This program is offered to women, femmes, and transfeminine people who want to obtain the necessary skills to contribute to...

In British Columbia, where are we at as community, today in terms of violence against women and gender-based violence? Every day, across the province, women and girls and gender diverse people continue to face violence and abuse in their homes, schools, workplaces,...

Joint Statement in solidarity with Indigenous families mourning the murder of four Indigenous women December 6, 2022 – As we observe the 16 Days of Activism on Gender-Based Violence and the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women, the...

Girl Gang Professional Development Society Statement in Solidarity with the Families of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls   VANCOUVER, BC, UNCEDED COAST SALISH TERRITORY – On this day, December 6 is National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence...

“One of the things that makes this National Inquiry unique is that we are not investigating a past wrong, but one that is still ongoing and that is getting worse. Acts of violence stemming from the structures of colonization and coupled with racism, sexism,...

December 2, 2022 The BC Association of Aboriginal Friendship Centres (BCAAFC) and Battered Women’s Support Services (BWSS) stand in deep and full solidarity with the families of Rebecca Contois, Morgan Beatrice Harris, Marcedes Myran, and Buffalo Woman*. We also stand...

It has been over 30 years since the horrific murder of 14 young women at Polytechnique Montréal (December 6, 1989). On The National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women, we remember