Links
SASKATCHEWAN LINKS
PATHS - Provincial Association of Transition Houses
Publication of Public Legal Education Association of Saskatchewan (PLEASASK)
(see under "Domestic Crisis" in the Topic List)
CANADIAN LINKS
The Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women (CRIAW)
Fact sheet on violence against women and girls.
Links to articles on Wife abuse from the National Clearinghouse on Family Violence.
Links to articles on family violence from the National Clearinghouse on Family Violence
Centre for Research on Violence Against Women and Children
(University of Western Ontario)
The FREDA Centre for Research on Violence against Women and Children
(Simon Fraser Univ.)
Health Aspects of Violence Against Women - A Canadian Perspective
Dianne Kinnon and Louise Hanvey, including physical assault, sexual assault, neglect, verbal attacks, insults, threats, harassment and other psychological abuses.
Funded by the Department of Justice Canada
Women's Rights for a Safer Tomorrow
Publication of Public Legal Education, Medicine Hat College
Report by the Government of Canada to the UN Commission of Human Rights Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women, December 1998. (Canadian statistics)
(Canadian statistics)
A statistical profile 2001 (Statistics Canada)
The Education Wife Assault web site
Includes information on abuse signs, emotional abuse, same sex abuse, abuse of women with disabilities, etc.
Myths and Realities about Sexual Assault
from the Fredericton Sexual Assault Crisis Centre.
Domestic Violence and the Courts: Immigrant and visible minority perceptions
Law Courts Education Society, June 1995.
Information for Immigrant Women: What is Woman Abuse?
Publication of the Public Legal Education and Information Service of New Brunswick
Transition Houses and Shelters for Abused Women in Canada
In this site you will find legal information that may help you if you are experiencing violence in an intimate relationship. This site indiciates what options you have if you are being abused by someone you love. This site tells you where you can go for assistance and where you can go for a safe place.
A Publication of the Office for the Prevention of Family Violence.
Answers to questions often asked by women who are being abused (Nova Scotia).
OTHER LINKS
Heise, L., Ellsberg, M. and Gottemoeller, M., Population Reports, Series L, No. 11. Baltimore, Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health, Population Information Program, December 1999. (Interntational statistics included).
Black and Blue - Subtitled "A Year in the Life of a Battered Woman"
This site details one woman's stories about the horrors of domestic violence.
Domestic Violence Against Women and Girls
Unicef Report - Global Information
A PBS program, the site includes a study guide for teachers, with advice on assisting students in an abusive situation and transcripts of the program's script as well as interviews with experts and some general articles on the topic.
Safety Planning - Tips and Strategies
An informative site from Portland, Oregon, that seeks to provide people with an idea about how they can respond to and prevent domestic violence, including a section on what friends can do.
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