How we took action in Prevention of Violence against Women Week

Justice for Nina

“If you don’t behave, I will have you deported.” Nina’s husband told her after another weekend of emotional, physical, and sexual abuse.

And by behave, Nina’s husband means she can never say “No”.

Imagine experiencing abuse daily, only to find out seven years later that your husband lied to you and never applied for your immigration sponsorship, and now you are facing deportation?

Nina asked us to share her story with you-her name has been changed.
Read her story and donate to fund justice for survivors.

1 in 2 women report that they know or have experienced violence since the COVID-19 pandemic

Take Action to Combat Gender-Based Violence

During Prevention of Violence Against Women Week, we engage our communities in GBV education, and to remind each other that we all have a role to play in preventing gender-based violence in our relationships, in our community, and in our society.

Read more and take action here.

1 in 2 women report that they know or have experienced violence since the COVID-19 pandemic

Justice for Indigenous Women

For the past two years we have worked in solidarity with the BC Association of Friendship Centres to deliver a Provincial Core Training for Advocates to End Violence against Indigenous Women and Two-Spirit People.

Supporting Indigenous women’s leadership and promoting Indigenous women’s rights is essential part of preventing violence against Indigenous women.

“Dehumanized, Commodified, Hyper-Sexualized = MMIWG2S”

The trainees from Provincial Core Training Cohort selected this message for their resistance collage.

Justice or “Just” a piece of paper? Let’s talk about protection orders in British Columbia.

Justice or “Just” a piece of paper?

Let’s talk about protection orders in British Columbia.

BWSS is conducting two surveys to better understand the challenges and barriers that survivors and frontline workers experience with obtaining and seeking enforcement of family law protection orders and peace bonds in British Columbia.

Please read the press release and find links to the surveys here.

Justice Centre at BWSS launch party

Justice Centre at BWSS launch party – in-person

On April 3, 2023, we launched the Justice Centre at BWSS and on Thursday, April 20, 2023, we hosted our in-person launch party.

Thanks to everyone who came out to support our launch of the Justice Centre at BWSS. It was a wonderful celebration and we were so happy to share it with our communities.

We’ll share more photos in our formal update to come.

Please donate to fund justice initiatives that make survivors safer.

Justice Centre at BWSS launch party

We’ve been so busy this Prevention of Violence against Women Week that the surprise announcement has been postponed and is coming soon. Follow us on Instagram for updates.

Thank you for your collaboration and engagement with this work. We look forward to seeing you, and please don’t forget to donate to fund justice initiatives currently underway at BWSS.

Thank you again; we are very grateful for you.