Sentences with phrase «centre for abused women»

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Immigration detention is once more in the news and was debated in Parliament this week, this time because of a hunger strike by women held at Yarls» Wood, the detention centre where abuse by guards was filmed undercover for Channel 4 in 2015.

The only sense to be made of it is that Taking Lives intends some sort of angry statement about a woman's choice of career over family (an early conversation chides Illeana for, essentially, being successful in a traditionally male profession), finding a fugitive breed of Ashley Judd - like glee in punishing its powerful feminine centre with physical abuse - into - mutilation, rape of a kind, and a brutal disdain for her intelligence and discretion.

Groups like SUCCESS Settlement Services in British Columbia, for example, help newcomers to Canada overcome language and cultural barriers; groups like the Atira Women's Resource Centre help women dealing with abuse through advocacy and educaWomen's Resource Centre help women dealing with abuse through advocacy and educawomen dealing with abuse through advocacy and education.

In partnership with the Canadian Centre for Elder Law and with funding provided by the BC Council to Reduce Elder Abuse, we have created a 100 - page plain - language resource for older women and their service providers designed to address a wide range of legal issues that are especially likely to impact older women.

With the encouragement of his Chief Judge, Thomson began working with the Kingston community to develop a Family Court Clinic to assess children and their families, an observation and detention home, a juvenile diversion program, a volunteer probation service, a shelter for abused women, a youth crisis centre and several new community - based group homes for youth.

• visit a shelter for abused women; • meet a person who had experience working with adolescents in Regent Park (then Toronto's largest community housing project); • eat dinner at a youth group home; and • visit the Oakville Assessment Centre.

The Older Women's Legal Education Project, a collaboration between West Coast LEAF and the Canadian Centre for Elder Law, aims to address a serious gap in existing public legal education resources: information tailored to older women fleeing aWomen's Legal Education Project, a collaboration between West Coast LEAF and the Canadian Centre for Elder Law, aims to address a serious gap in existing public legal education resources: information tailored to older women fleeing awomen fleeing abuse.

The Mane Intent is now partnering with Kawartha Sexual Assault Centre and Trent University to offer a free 12 - week program for young women aged 13 to 18 who have witnessed or experienced family conflict, dating violence, or other forms of abuse.

«I am currently a counsellor at Watford Women's Centre offering counselling for individuals with domestic violence, relationship issues, low self - esteem, depression, anxiety, emotional / sexual abuse, bereavement, low self - confidence, stress, sexuality and trauma.