This report explores the growing evidence of the strong links between violence against women and children and significant physical and mental health impairment, and risky health behaviours. As well as physical injuries and death, long-term consequences of experiencing violence include mental health problems, which in turn contribute ot health risks and increased risk of further violence. There is also research that suggests longer term chronic diseases may be associated with violent victimization. This report looks at both intiimate partner violence and non-partner sexual violence.
Historical struggles to bring about legal aid services to low income people did not take into account the legal needs of women as a diverse and distinct constituency. As a result, low income women have not received substantive euality of access to the justice system, despite this being the intent of the legal aid program. This qualitative study of women's experiences of trying to access civil legal aid services shows that the system is intimidating and confusing; that coverage criteria are frustrating and limit women's capacity to get needed legal services; and that many felt the quality of legal aid services they received were poor quality and they were not treated with respect by their lawyers. Women with disabilities, immigrant and refugee women, abused women and Aboriginal women encouter additional difficulties trying to access legal aid.
This toolkit is designed as a guide to assist service providers in dealing with cases of forced marriage in Ontario and to facilitate open discussion with different stakeholders, including youth an dtheir families. It contains practical information fo rthe identification and prevention of forced marriage as well as strategies for intervetion. It will be useful to service providers, teachers, social workers, child and youth workers, and many othes who provide services or supports to women coping with forced marriage.
This resource is a report submitted by the Ontario Native Women's Associaton (ONWA) and the Ontario Federation of Indigenous Friendship Centres (OFIFC) as part of the consultations between the Department of Indian Affairs, the Native Women's Association of Canada, and the Assembly of First Nations regarding the topic of matrimonial real property issues on reserves. These issues are discussed in connection with broader social, legal, and cultural contexts, including Aboriginal and human rights, treaty rights, and legal justice processes. This initiative advocates for policy and legislative changes
In this video, counsellors talk about different strategies, ideas, and approaches to supporting women in their shelter. Scenes of workers talking with women are interspersed throughout the counsellor discussion to give constructive examples of the challenges counsellors face and the application of different techniques to work through them. Uses dramatizations to demonstrate practical ways to implement a feminist, strength-based model of support for women who have experienced violence in an intimate relationship.