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About Family
Violence
Fact sheets
and other information. on family violence
from the Nova Scotia Department of Community Services. Includes Woman Abuse,
Elder Abuse, Child Abuse,
Abuse in Aboriginal Communities, and others. This site also has many links
to family violence
prevention and research pages.
Alice Housing
Alice Housing provides second and third stage affordable housing and supportive programs for women with or without children
leaving family violent situations.
Bryony House
Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Bryony House offers shelter, counselling and referrals to abused women and their children. The name Bryony House comes
from black bryony, an ancient herb which was used in the Middle Ages to heal bruises.
CASAC: Canadian Association of Sexual Assault Centres
"As feminists we recognize that violence against women is one of
the strongest indicators of prevailing societal attitudes towards women. The intent of the Canadian Association is to act
as a force for social change regarding violence against women at the individual,
the institutional and the political level."
CAVEAT - Canadians Against Violence
CAVEAT's mission is to contribute to the creation and maintenance of a just, peaceful society through public education,
changes to the justice system, and ensuring the rights of victims. This can only be achieved bya significant reduction in
both the number of occurrences of violence and the severity or impact
of such violence.
Canadian
Health Network(Violence Prevention)
Violence affects our health in many ways. Violence
can be physical, verbal, emotional and sexual. Learn about violence and
what you can do to prevent it or to help others. This section includes information about:
Centre for Research on Violence Against
Women and Children
Based at the University of Western Ontario, the centre promotes the development of community-centred action research
on violence against women and children.
Education Wife Assault
Our mission is to inform and educate the community about the issue of wife assault/woman abuse
in order to decrease the incidence of physical, psychological, emotional and sexual violence
against women and the effect that woman abuse has on children.
[Note: A Canadian site. Diverse coverage --includes women with disabilities, women of colour, same-sex relationships,
etc.]
Hot Peach Pages
The Hot Peach Pages
TMis a project of CaNetiq, a non-profit organization dedicated to making information on woman abuse
available to women all over the world. For information on abuse in a 53
languages , this is the site to visit.
If You Are Being Stalked
Are you being stalked ... threatened ... intimidated?
... it is not your fault - it is criminal harassment;
... it is against the law.
For more information click on the link above.
The
Iqaluit Declaration
Canada's Federal, Provincial and Territorial Ministers Responsible for the Status of Women released this 1998 declaration
of their commitment to ending violence against
women.
Let's Talk About It- A Teen Friendly Guide on Preventing
Sexual Violence
This site is produced by the Ontario Women's Directorate, and includes "Violence
101" statistics on violence against women, definitions, and "Advice for
Guys" section , and more.
Men for Change
The members of Men For Change are dedicated to promoting positive masculinity and ending sexism and violence.
We are a men's group based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada that started after the Montreal Massacre in 1989. Since that time
we have worked in the community and in our hearts to promote healthy and nurturing masculinity.
MINCAVA: the Minnesota Center Against Violence
and Abuse
Based at the University of Minnesota, this comprehensive site includes information on many kinds of violence,
from family violence
to sexual abuse, ritual violence,
terrorism and hate crimes. While the legal resources on the site are based on U.S. law, there is also much general information,
and many links to violence prevention resources
National Clearinghouse on Family
Violence
The National Clearinghouse on Family Violence
is a national resource centre for all Canadians seeking information about violence
within the family and looking for new resources being used to address
it. By sharing the latest research findings and information on all aspects of prevention, protection and treatment, the Clearinghouse
helps Canadian communities work toward the eventual elimination of all forms of family
violence.
Prince Edward Island Woman Abuse
Protocols
The Coalition for Woman Abuse Policy and Protocol in Prince Edward
Island was formed in 1998 to address the need for a comprehensive woman abuse
policy. This site has a variety of information on woman abuse, including
abuser and victim profiles, myths and facts about abuse, etc.
Population Reports
Published by the Population Information Program, Center for Communication Programs, The Johns Hopkins School of Public
Health, Baltimore, Maryland December 1999 issue: special report on Ending Violence
Against Women:
From the editor's summary:
Around the world at least one woman in every three has been beaten, coerced into sex, or otherwise abused in her lifetime.
Most often the abuser is a member of her own family. Increasingly, gender-based
violence is recogni