Learning and Knowledge Exchanges
This webpage is a centralized hub for resources related to Gender-Based Violence (GBV) from organizations across British Columbia, as well as key national and international research. We will continue to update this webpage as further resources become available.
Factsheet: Women with Disabilities and Violence
This backgrounder explains how violence against women and girls with disabilities is not just a subset of gender-based violence; it is an intersectional category dealing with gender -based and disability-based violence.
Safety Planning for Persons with Disabilities: Advocate Guide
This guide covers the core beliefs and values for helping survivors with disabilities plan for safety, tips on how and when to use a safety plan for a variety of situations experienced by a survivor, and, a safety plan template. The act of planning for safety helps survivors think through possible dangers in a variety of situations and have a plan in mind about what to do when their physical and/or emotional safety is threatened.