There are many sections to this safety planning document in order to provide a more comprehensive tool. It may feel long and overwhelming. Consider reading only a few sections at a time. Remember also that any step you take to improve your safety is important; you do not need to take them all.
Ideally, people using this Safety Planning tool should write out their answers and notes, to help solidify their thinking and so they can access help remembering their plans if they are under stress, such as during an episode of violence. HOWEVER, it is EXTREMELY important that these notes – whether they be on paper or electronic – NOT be left anywhere where an abuser could find them.
2003 was the year when a transgender sexual assault survivor attempted to access help from law enforcement, sexual assault service providers, crime victim compensation, lawyers, advocates, and therapists, and was repeatedly denied service or revictimized by the system. We wondered: Is sexual violence against trans people this prevalent everywhere? Are services that are supposed to help survivors this dysfunctional and damaging to trans people in other parts of the country?
Although it is critical to improve mainstream services' ability to appropriately and respectfully respond to the needs of transgender sexual assault survivors and their loved ones, our 2004 study found that many trans survivors turn to the internet and self-help materials rather than, or in addition to, services from therapists or sexual assault programs. Unfortunately, many self-help and internet-based materials are highly steeped in binary gender stereotypes, making them painful reading for some transgender and gender non-binary survivors. In addition, none of those materials addresses the specific complexities that face survivors who are not only trying to find their way through the morass of feelings and memories about the assault(s), but who are also trying to cope with how gender identity issues interact with and complicate the picture.
This guide is the result of months of intensive thought, many drafts, consultations and research. Most importantly it has been shaped by the lived experience of trans women living in Ontario. This guide is a response to the definitive requests by WHAI workers for a resource to support the critical work of trans inclusivity in the Initiative's ground-up community development mandate. It is indicative of this Initiatve's commitment to equity and social justice that this topic has been heard and felt with such appropriate urgency and it is with great excitement that I present it to you.
This manual is designed to help Indigenous women address key aspects of violence, including client rights and service provider responsibilities and establishing a safety plan. It is also designed to help service providers understand Indigenous women's legal rights on matters related to leaving a violent relationship, including legal tools for women's safety, such as protective orders, laying charges, specific protections against stalking and cyber-bullying, and police responsibilities.
In this paper, we will examine the textual sources that form the foundation of Islam's egalitarian spirit, consider the challenges posed by historical interpretations of these sources, and think about ways to move forward in promoting gender equity, especially with respect to condemning domestic violence in all its forms. We will see that the main task ahead, beyond restoring the rights and protections originally given to women by Islam's foundational sources, will be for men and boys to take a leading role in making the gender-equal message of Islam a reality.
This resource guide provides important information about domestic abuse and a woman's immigration status. It also includes some commonly asked questions about safety, how to seek help, and other important concerns about leaving an abusive relationship; this guide is not to be taken as legal advice. Rather, it's highly recommended to seek legal counsel for relevant and appropriate advice.
A credible body of research has evolved on resilience and children exposed to intimate partner violence (IPV). This information can be drawn on for resilience-informed approaches specifically aimed at working with children exposed to IPV. Child exposure to IPV has been an area of growing interest with rates in both child welfare and community samples remaining at concerning levels. It is commonly accepted that a number of these children experience harmful effects.
Ontario's Pay Equity Act marks its 30th anniversary in 2017. The act was created to ensure equal pay for work of equal value, in particular to address gender-based disparities in pay. In the intervening years, significant gains and increases in awareness have been made in addressing the wage gap. Yet, as statistics and evidence, including community based research, demonstrates, the gender wage gap, and systemic employment inequities that facilitate the gap, continue to be pressing equity and human rights issues today.
The Ontario Women's Health Network (OWHN) carried out this project to learn about the intersecting determinants that shape immigrant women's experiences of the gender wage gap; the facilitators and barriers to equitable employment that they face; and the discriminations they experience in seeking to enter Ontario's labour market. This project's contribution to a rich body of grey literature and academic evidence regarding immigrant women and employment in Canada is to share the personal stories behind the systemic issues that perpetuate the gender wage gap. This work shines a light on the lived experiences and perspectives of immigrant women related to settlement and employment in Ontario and the impacts of these experiences for themselves and their families.
The Toolkit: An Introduction
What Is Community Based Participatory Research (CBPR)? In a nutshell, CBPR is an approach to research in which researchers and community members share power, resources, and decision-making at every level of the research process, working together to enhance the understanding of a given phenomenon and integrating that knowledge with action to improve the health and well-being of those most affected.
What Is the Toolkit? The goal of this toolkit is to support emerging researchers who would like to learn more about CBPR approaches, particularly in the context of domestic violence. While much of the content is aimed at researchers, there is much here that will help advocates and other community partners understand the CBPR approach and its benefits.
Family violence in Canada: A statistical profile is an annual report produced by the Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics under the Federal Family Violence Initiative. Since 1998, this report has provided current data on the nature and extent of family violence in Canada, as well as analysis of trends over time. The information presented here is used extensively to monitor changes that inform policy makers and the public.Â