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Safety in Relationships: Trans Folks
This booklet helps identify what can make a relationship unsafe and provides resources for people looking for support.
Comparison Of Pay Equity Regimes Across Canada
In 2019, West Coast LEAF prepared a backgrounder comparing pay equity regimes across Canada, including indicators of success and a comparative table summarizing findings.
Community of Practice: Supporting Trans Women in VAW Shelters
WSC organized a Community of Practice on Supporting Trans Women in VAW Shelters in response to recent legal changes and shifts within the sector.
Briefing Note on Divorce Act Amendments
In September 2018, West Coast LEAF submitted a briefing note on Bill C-78 to ensure that proposed changes to the Divorce Act fulfill the stated goal and avoid unintended and harmful consequences.
Briefing Note on Pay Equity
In August 2018, West Coast LEAF presented a briefing note calling for proactive pay equity and pay transparency legislation to be implemented in the province.
Building Supports: Housing Access for Immigrant and Refugee Women (IRW) Leaving Violence
This BC Society of Transition Houses brief focuses on provincial and select federal policy barriers, practices, and recommendations/solutions to reduce or eliminate the obstacles that exist for IRW leaving violence to obtain safe and secure housing.
Violence against Non-Status, Refugee and Immigrant Women
Immigrant women are a particularly vulnerable and exploited segment of our population, abused by the system as cheap labour for the most menial work, trapped in the social services system without hope, abused at home while finding little or no support from communities.