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.
BC Needs Pay Equity Legislation
BWSS and Hundreds of Others Release Letter to BC Government: We Need Pay Equity Today, over 100 organizations and individuals have released an open letter to the BC government calling for the enactment of intersectional pay equity legislation before the next...
Anti-Violence Organization Disappointed At Lack Of BC Budget Action On Gender-Based Violence
Wednesday March 1, 2023 - (xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil Waututh)/Vancouver, B.C) – A BC-based anti-violence organization providing frontline advocacy and support services to assist survivors of gender-based violence, Battered...
Exploring Justice: Our Way conference
From January 30th to February 2nd, 2023, Kirstin Scansen-Isbister, BWSS Research and Policy Analyst, travelled to Whitehorse, Yukon, located on the traditional territories of the Kwanlin Dün First Nation and the Ta’an Kwäch’än Council, to present at the Exploring...
Black history month 2023
No country—including Canada—has reached gender and racial equity as an examination of the lives of Black women, girls and femmes reveals. One of the least remarked upon themes in anti-violence work deals with Black women’s and gender diverse people’s experiences as...
Who is Andrew Tate and What does he have to do with the effort to end Gender-based Violence?
Have you been on social media, recently? Did you see Greta Thunberg tweet “That’s what happens when you don’t recycle your pizza boxes,” on December 30th, in response to the arrest of Andrew Tate on suspicion of organized criminal exploitation of women including rape...
Gathering for Solidarity, Healing, Reflection, and Resistance: Battered Women’s Support Services Marks National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women and the Launch of Color of Violence: Race, Gender and Anti-Violence Services.
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...
19 reasons why we never want to hear “why doesn’t she just leave” again.
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...
She had a protection order. He killed her anyway.
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...
Women’s Organization Heartbroken and Outraged at Killing of Stephanie Forster: Forster Had a Protection Order and Gianluigi Derossi Killed her Anyway
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...
Celebrating the release of “Colour of Violence: Race, Gender & Anti-Violence Services”
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...
Violence Prevention and Intervention Training | Winter 2023
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...
Human Rights Day 2022 Observation, Reflection and Action
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,...