Battered Women's Support Services
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Provides information, support, and advocacy for women who have experienced abuse, as well as, training and education about violence against women. BWSS works to end violence against girls and women while urging men to own their role in ending violence against girls and women.
Battered Women's Support Services
2y ago
As part of the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence and our new multi-year Colour of Violence project, Battered Women’s Support Services (BWSS) is thrilled to invite you to two upcoming events and to participate in our survey centering racialized ..read more
Battered Women's Support Services
2y ago
Join us on Monday, October 4, 2021 from 6 pm to 8 pm for a special gathering co-hosted by Downtown Eastside Women’s Centre and Battered Women’s Support Services on the National Day of Action on Missing and Murdered Women, Girls and Two-Spirit PeopOctober 4th is a day ..read more
Battered Women's Support Services
2y ago
We are proud to announce the expansion of our Gender Equity Learning & Knowledge Exchange, the Research and Policy Division of Battered Women’s Support Services (BWSS). This new section of BWSS strengthens our impact by mobilizing community-based experiences and ..read more
Battered Women's Support Services
2y ago
For the past two decades BWSS has worked to highlight the problems with mediation also known as alternative dispute resolution. We highlighted the problems in an open letter to BC Attorney General David Eby. Our ED appeared on CBC News Canada Tonight with host Ginella ..read more
Battered Women's Support Services
2y ago
Angela Marie MacDougall of BWSS will be taking part in the Men, Family and Community Learning Series hosted by Kiwassa Neigbourhood House taking place September 21st - November 30th. Join us Tuesday, September 21st and Thursday September 23rd from 10:00am ..read more
Battered Women's Support Services
2y ago
This week Surrey Women's Centre will be participating in a 2-day intensive workshop with facilitator Angela Marie MacDougall of BWSS. The Anti-Racism, Anti-Oppression and Ending Gender Violence workshop intends to deepen the application of an anti-racism and ..read more
Battered Women's Support Services
2y ago
2021 Federal and Provincial Budgets Revealed Amid the Third Wave of COVID-19 For immediate release: April 20, 2021 Vancouver, BC –The budget takes important steps towards addressing gender based violence. The pandemic has exposed and amplified long-standing ..read more
Battered Women's Support Services
2y ago
Action 23. Recommended Reading The Black Women’s Reproductive Justice defines reproductive justice as: The human right to control our sexuality, our gender, our work, and our reproduction. That right can only be achieved when all women and girls have the complete ..read more
Battered Women's Support Services
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June 10, 2021 The Honourable Carolyn Bennet, Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations The Honourable Marc Miller, Minister of Indigenous Services Government of Canada Dear Ministers, On behalf of national, regional and local gender justice and human rights ..read more
Battered Women's Support Services
2y ago
Battered Women’s Support Services, Advancing Women’s Awareness Program Online Workshop Series: Life skills and the job search process Is a 10-week group based training, starting at Thursday May 6th from 10:30am –11:30am. All of the workshop details are in the poster ..read more