CLEONet is a web site of legal information for community workers and advocates who work with low-income and disadvantaged communities.
This overview paper provides introductory and statistical information about family violence that is relevant to all the other overview papers in this series, which cover the following topics:spousal abuse, dating violence, child abuse, sexual abuse and exploitation of children and youth, and abuse of older adults.
Understanding Abuse & Family Violence
Paper
Department of Justice Canada
British Columbia's online access to multilingual legal publications.
Understanding Abuse & Family Violence, Victims of Abuse, Family Law
Website
The Latin American Community Council and MOSAIC
Vancouver Community College is pleased to provide you with this glossary of 5000 Canadian legal and court-related terms in English Plain Language, and their equivalents in six other languages (Chinese, Farsi, Punjabi, Russian, Spanish, Vietnamese).
Divorce and Separation, Knowing Your Rights, Understanding Abuse & Family Violence, Preventing Abuse, Safety Issues, Seniors, Financial Issues, Persons with a Disability, Victims of Abuse, Immigration Issues, In a Relationship, Crime, Legal Services, Children's Rights, Financial, Your Safety, Family Law
Web Page
Vancouver Community College
This facts sheet covers social context, myths and reality, types of violence against women.
Understanding Abuse & Family Violence
Fact sheet
Justice Education Society
A presentation by Patsy Sörensen, director and founder of a Belgian NGO Payoke. Payoke is an NGO based in Antwerp, created in 1988 to defend the interests of sex workers in their fight for emancipation and to combat all forms of forced prostitution. Patsy Sörensen is the founder and current director of Payoke.
Understanding Abuse & Family Violence
Video
Justice Education Society
Outlines what a woman's legal rights are if she is in an abusive relationship. In plain language, it explains what women can do to protect themselves and their children, what the police can do, how the court process works, how to leave an abusive relationship, and who can help
Understanding Abuse & Family Violence, Victims of Abuse, In a Relationship
handbook
Legal Services Society
Farsi, French, Russian, Vietnamese; http://www.lss.bc.ca/publications/pub.aspx?p_id=103
Resource brochure to help the communtiy understand and resist violence against women
Understanding Abuse & Family Violence, Victims of Abuse
fact sheet
YWCA
This web site looks at the history and nature of institutional child abuse. It shows us how survivors are naming the abuse and restoring dignity in their lives and communities.
Understanding Abuse & Family Violence, Victims of Abuse
Website
Justice Education Society
This chapter is from the manual used by law students handling cases at the LSLAP program
Understanding Abuse & Family Violence, Victims of Abuse
handbook
UBC Law Students' Legal Advice Program (LSLAP)