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Vancouver Rape Relief & Women's Shelter is Canada's longest running rape crisis center. [1] The shelter, located in Vancouver, British Columbia, was established in 1973 and has operated a feminist transition house since 1983, offering women shelter from men who are abusing them, including fathers, husbands, sons, pimps, johns and landlords.
A women's shelter, ... crisis centre is the Vancouver Rape Relief & Women's Shelter. ... because the facilities were full. [31] In 2013, 34,000 women and children ...
Kimberly Nixon is a transgender woman who filed a human rights complaint against Vancouver Rape Relief & Women's Shelter Society (VRRS) for discrimination.VRRS argued that Nixon, a transgender woman, did not have the same life experiences as someone who is female and, therefore, could not volunteer as a peer rape counsellor. [1]
It aims to end violence against women, move low-income women out of poverty, and empower girls. The Canadian Women's Foundation is the only national women's foundation in Canada. [1] Since 1991, it has invested over $40 million in charitable support to over 1,200 community programs and women's shelters across Canada. [2]
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Following complaints from transgender activists, the Vancouver City Council pulled future funding from the organization in March 2019 and ruled that it would only be restored if Vancouver Rape Relief extends all of its services, including housing in its women's crisis shelter, to transgender women.
Calgary Women's Emergency Shelter; Canadian Advisory Council on the Status of Women; Canadian Association of Elizabeth Fry Societies; Canadian Federation of University Women; Canadian Girls in Training; Canadian Women Voters Congress; Canadian Women's Foundation; Canadian Women's Suffrage Association; Catholic Women's League of Canada
Marpole Women's Auxiliary [1] is a charity in Vancouver, British Columbia that supports residents at George Pearson Centre and G. F. Strong Centre. It was established in 1938 to support The Marpole Infirmary, located in an area of Vancouver referred to as Marpole .