The Complexity of Gender Violence When Intersecting with Women’s Migration
The BC Coroners Service is currently conducting an inquest into the death of Lucia Vega Jimenez. Jimenez was a 42-year Mexican hotel worker who died while in the Canadian Border Service Agency’s custody. Prior to her scheduled deportation to Mexico, she hung herself...Understanding the Role of Gender Persecution in the Life and Death of Lucia Vega Jimenez
PRESS RELEASE For immediate release September 30, 2014 Understanding the Role of Gender Persecution in the Life and Death of Lucia Vega Jimenez VANCOUVER, B.C. – Day two begins in Coroner’s inquest in to the death of Lucia Vega Jimenez while in custody of Canadian...Lucia Vega Jimenez – and the Many Women with Precarious Immigration Status
Lucia Vega Jimenez and the many women with precarious immigration status by Rosa Elena Arteaga BWSS Manager, Direct Service and Clinical Practice Lucia Vega Jimenez lived and worked in Metro Vancouver, Coast Salish Territories. On December 28, 2013, Lucia strangled...Community Forum on Responding to Changes to Immigration Policy: Supporting Non-Status, Refugee and Immigrant Women Survivors of Gender Violence
by Rosa Elena Arteaga, BWSS Manager of Direct Services and Clinical Practices On November 15th 2013, Battered Women’s Support Services hosted a Community Forum on Responding to Changes to Immigration Policy, in partnership with The Migrant Mothers Project and YWCA...Economic Empowerment Strategies
This curriculum is designed to support women assessing and redressing the impact of economic abuse.
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