Sentences with phrase «support women survivors»

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Angela Atim Lakor, a survivor of Joseph Kony's Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) has been honoured for her contribution to building peace, tackling stigma and supporting women and children recovering from war.

As Christian women leaders, we recognize those in the churches who stand with and support survivors of violence.

UN International Women's Day - information for children Faces of Survivors: Voices Reclaimed - photo project Stop Violence Against Women (Safe Schools for Girls)- Amnesty International Women Thrive Worldwide - ask your (US) senator to support the I - VAWA (International Violence Against Women Act) Family Violence Prevention Fund - coaching boys into men

Supporting marginalised women means understanding the specific needs of survivors from various communities.

She has carried out consultancies, training and interventions to enhance support for conflict survivors and service providers in conjunction with Isis - Women's International Cross-Cultural Exchange, Uganda.

«Research has shown that when survivors are given proper information and support their case is more likely to end in the criminal conviction of the perpetrator of sexual violence,» Emma Scott, director of Rights of Women said.

In November 2016, the City Council Women's Caucus rolled out its first - ever «legislative equality package,» which included bills calling for a report on the use of long - acting reversible contraceptives such as intrauterine devices; sexual assault awareness and prevention training for cab drivers; support for a state bill that prohibits employers from asking potential applicants for their salary history; and another state bill that gives domestic violence survivors access to breaking leases.

Comprehensive neuropsychological testing could provide cardiac arrest survivors better support for the challenges they may face upon discharge, says Dr. Vess Stamenova, first author on the study and a postdoctoral fellow at the Women's College Hospital, who completed the research during her time as a fellow at the RRI.

Join Lillie's Breast Cancer Angels» Club to help the Johns Hopkins Breast Cancer Survivor Volunteers provide support to women newly diagnosed with breast cancer.

She is also a board member of Women Against Violence Against Women (WAVAW), and organization that provides support services to women survivors of sexualized violWomen Against Violence Against Women (WAVAW), and organization that provides support services to women survivors of sexualized violWomen (WAVAW), and organization that provides support services to women survivors of sexualized violwomen survivors of sexualized violence.

The Coalition remains committed to the important work of finding better legal and social responses to support survivors, and to ending violence against women.

Inadequate and underfunded services to prevent violence and support survivors, and insufficient affordable housing and shelters accessible to women fleeing abuse, particularly in rural and northern communities, violate the rights of women and girls to live in safety and free from violence.

Please support West Coast LEAF to advocate for improved access to justice, as well as benefits and supports for low - income women and survivors of gender - based violence.

It also provides advocacy and support services, peer counselling and access to a free legal clinic for women survivors of violence.

BC Society of Transition Houses: The BC Society of Transition Homes provides support to transition, second and third stage houses, safe homes and other programs serving women survivors of violence.

West Coast LEAF won't stop advocating for improved access to justice in BC, as well as benefits and supports for low - income women and survivors of gender - based violence.

That's why Courthouse Libraries BC and West Coast LEAF (Women's Legal Education and Action Fund) are offering a free 1.5 hour webinar aimed at frontline service providers who assist women survivors of violence — including transition house workers, settlement workers, sexual assault support workers, counsellors, and otWomen's Legal Education and Action Fund) are offering a free 1.5 hour webinar aimed at frontline service providers who assist women survivors of violence — including transition house workers, settlement workers, sexual assault support workers, counsellors, and otwomen survivors of violence — including transition house workers, settlement workers, sexual assault support workers, counsellors, and others.

«The program empowers both the students and survivors, with friendships formed that often last for years,» said Alice Kemper, chair of the Jewish Women's Foundation of South Palm Beach County, which supports the program through its grants.

Tamika & Friends provides support to women going through a cervical cancer diagnosis and strives to create a global network of cervical cancer survivors who share their stories and serve as advocates and spokespeople.

Announced two new investments to increase support for Indigenous victims and survivors of crime and the families of missing and murdered Indigenous women:

«I'm so honored to join the Planned Parenthood Global Advisory Board in their fight to support the health and rights of women, men and young people, including survivors of sexual assault, across Africa and Latin America,» Stephanie March said.

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So began Hines» 19 years of work as cofounder (along with Faerber and Binford) of Ovar» coming Together, a volunteer organization powered primarily by ovarian cancer survivors seeking to raise awareness about this cancer and its symptoms, provide peer support to women and their caregivers, and help fund research into an early detection test and a cure.