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Emotional Abuse of Women by Male Partners: The Facts
Tue, Nov 15, 2011
In heterosexual relationships, most abuse happens to women by their male partners. Emotional abuse, like physical abuse, is used to control, demean, harm or punish a woman. While the forms of abuse...
Emotional Abuse Assessment Guide
Tue, Nov 15, 2011
This guide is intended to assist community professionals or resource people coming into contact with women who are emotionally abused, by providing tools for assessing emotional abuse, and ways to...
Emotional Abuse and Family Court Proceedings
Tue, Nov 15, 2011
by Pamela Cross
"Sticks and stones may break my bones,but names will never hurt me." ...
Domestic Violence Death Review Committee
Mon, Nov 14, 2011
The Domestic Violence Death Review Committee (DVDRC) is a multi-disciplinary advisory committee of experts that was established in 2003 in response to recommendations made from two major inquests...
Domestic Sex Trafficking of Aboriginal Girls in Canada: Issues and Implications
Mon, Nov 14, 2011
by Anupriya Sethi
The discourses on sex trafficking of women and girls in Canada continue to highlight international trafficking thus positioning Canada more as a transit and destination country than...
Definition of Human Trafficking
Mon, Nov 14, 2011
Human Trafficking [1] is defined in the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, supplementing the United Nations Convention against...
De-Closeting Same-Sex Partner Abuse
Mon, Nov 14, 2011
In an interview, social workers Nora Angeles, Laurie Chesley and Nick Mule address questions relating to same-sex abuse, their philosophical and theoretical frameworks, the role of homophobia and...
Deaf Victims Advocacy Services
Mon, Nov 14, 2011
DVAS serves signing and non-signing deaf, hard of hearing, late deafened and deaf-blind individuals. Their mission is to enhance awareness and education about crime and abuse. While some resources...
Custody Issues for Gay & Lesbian Parents
Mon, Nov 14, 2011
by Margaret Buist
In the last two years both federal and Ontario laws have changed significantly to grant many new legal rights to same-sex partners. For example, same-sex partners can now claim...
Custody and Access Assessments
Mon, Nov 14, 2011
by Samantha E. Poisson
Whether it is because most parents can devise a workable child care arrangement or because of the absence of one parent, the majority of separating families, approximately 80...
