Learning and Knowledge Exchanges
Domestic Violence Against Immigrant and Refugee Women
In this edition of Cultures West, the collection of stories illustrate that domestic violence is a serious social issue with devastating impacts on immigrant children, women, families and communities, and also how How federal and provincial immigration policies can put immigrant and refugee women at risk.
Telling Our Stories: Immigrant Women’s Resilience
Telling Our Stories: Immigrant Women’s Resilience is a graphic novel created through a series of creative writing workshops with immigrant and refugee women who came together to learn, share, and compile their stories on sexual violence and harassment.
A Roundtable on Sex Work Politics and Prison Abolition: Elene Lam, Chanelle Gallant, Robyn Maynard and Monica Forrester
This roundtable links sex workers’ issues to race and sexuality, police brutality, and prison abolition, bringing different movements together and discussing what should be done to support the rights of sex workers.
Islamic Perspective on Engaging Men & Boys to End Violence in the Family
White Ribbon and Canadian Council of Muslim Women partnered to create the Engaging Men & Boys to End Violence in the Family Project, focused on engaging and encouraging men and boys from Muslim communities to end violence in the family.
Empowering Non-Status, Refugee, and Immigrant Women Who Experience Violence
This report rasises awareness about the prevalence of violence against non status, refugee and immigrant women survivors and the damaging impact of intimate partner violence on the individual woman survivor, her children, the family and the community.
Toolkit for Lawyers: Best Practices in Working with Battered Immigrant Women
This toolkit addresses some of the common challenges faced by lawyers working with battered immigrant women, and provides tools and strategies that enhance effective communication with, and legal representation of women.
Toolkit for Immigrant Women Working with a Lawyer
This resource is for all immigrant women who have experienced violence and are going through the legal system. Using this resource will help you be more prepared to work with your legal aid lawyer or any lawyer.