Eliminating Violence against Women
Location: Canada, Nova Scotia, Halifax
Employees: 51-200
Phone: +1 902-429-7287
Founded date: 1989
Mentions in press and media 8
| Date | Title | Description |
| 07.03.2025 | More Funding for Transition Houses, Addressing Intimate Partner Violence | CANADA, March 7 - The government is taking action to address the epidemic of intimate partner violence with a new $23.4-million funding commitment to transition houses. “An epidemic-level response means working together to support victims, ... |
| 21.10.2021 | 'Every voice counts': Truro women publish book on to raise awareness on torture and trafficking' | TRURO, N.S. — Although it addresses horrific experiences of torture and trafficking, a newly released book can also be seen as good news. It tells stories of women who survived their ordeals and are functioning in today’s world. Women Unsil... |
| 27.05.2021 | MARTHA MUZYCHKA: Let's be creative in finding solutions to intimate partner violence | We’ve been fortunate these past 16 months in Newfoundland and Labrador. We have endured two periods of lockdown due to the pandemic. As I write, there is a zone in central Newfoundland experiencing a third lockdown due to a cluster of COVID... |
| 26.05.2021 | MARTHA MUZYCHKA: Let's be creative in finding solutions to intimate partner violence | We’ve been fortunate these past 16 months in Newfoundland and Labrador. We have endured two periods of lockdown due to the pandemic. As I write, there is a zone in central Newfoundland experiencing a third lockdown due to a cluster of COVID... |
| 28.04.2021 | LESSONS LEARNED: 'Believe you can, and you will': Abused runaway from Cape Breton finds her calling helping others on P.E.I. | There is a clinking of empty glass bottles and an inescapable funk of spilled drinks and vomit that clouds the air. It permeates the walls of the Cape Breton home, where eight children are invisible from mainstream society, their father mil... |
| 09.02.2021 | FACETS OF FAMILY VIOLENCE: 'Take the veil of silence away': Cyberbullying another kind of domestic abuse | HALIFAX - Words hurt. Emotional abuse is hard to prosecute, but it can have detrimental effects on someone's mental health. Dr. Nancy Ross, a professor in the Department of Social Work at Dalhousie University, said cyberbullying is becoming... |
| 28.01.2021 | FACETS OF FAMILY VIOLENCE: Abuse takes many forms. What causes it, and what can be done in Atlantic Canada? | Family violence, intimate partner violence, dating violence, domestic abuse, spousal abuse, child abuse, elder abuse — it goes by many names, and has a deep and lasting impact on many in our region. “Domestic violence happens within a home ... |
| 22.01.2021 | PAUL SCHNEIDEREIT: Women’s shelters emerge from shadows | Secrecy used to be paramount for transition homes offering shelter to women and families fleeing domestic violence. Where these homes were was confidential, to protect fearful residents from abusive, controlling men who might seek to punish... |