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Battered Women’s Support Services provides education, advocacy, and support services to end gender-based violence from a feminist perspective that promotes gender equity.
With your help we responded to 94,736 requests for service from March 1, 2020 - March 31, 2022
Your gift makes it possible for us to stay on the frontline to provide crisis support, counselling, support groups, legal advocacy, employment counselling, housing support and outreach.
We can’t open our doors without the help of volunteers.
As a volunteer you will learn valuable skills in the areas of crisis intervention, group facilitation, administrative support, retail sales and/or public speaking.
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Your gift makes it possible for us to stay on the frontline to provide crisis support, counselling, support groups, legal advocacy, employment counselling, housing support and outreach.
women died in Canada due to gender-based violence in 2021
%
were killed in their own home or the home they shared with the accused
%
Canadian girls have been harassed or abused online
BWSS had 94,736 requests service from March 1, 2020 – March 31, 2022
Join the Circle of Strength
Give the gift of safety every month and join a community of determined donors on a mission to end gender based violence in their lifetime.
Educate Yourself
The better informed you are, the better able you will be to end all form of violence. Check out our resource library for in-depth tools and resources.
Book us to speak at your organization
BWSS professional training & presentations are rooted in a decolonizing, intersectional feminist analysis of gender based violence and offer theoretical framework, knowledge, and skills relevant to each particular topic.
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More than a third of all women, girls, and gender-diverse folks worldwide will experience physical or sexual violence in their lifetime.
We are working to change that.
