When a woman is living with abuse, or is doing her best to escape it, every day is full of stress and uncertainty. That’s why any woman receiving help from Women’s Resources is able to use a very special food cupboard open only to them and geared especially to their needs. “What makes me [...]
A heart-breakingly familiar story has played out yet again. A woman found the courage to end a relationship she no longer wanted to be in, and ended up dead. Court documents showed that time and time again, the man she broke up with was ordered not to have contact with her, and time and [...]
Casual Shelter Counsellors Needed Women’s Resources of Kawartha Lakes provides emergency shelter services, counselling and support to abused women and their children in the City of Kawartha Lakes. We are currently seeking women interested in casual work in our Shelter. The candidates must be available for a variety of shifts particularly evenings, overnight [...]
When we talked about it at all, we used to call it “wife abuse.” The victims were “abused women” or “battered wives.” Today we talk about “intimate partner violence,” “domestic abuse” or “domestic violence,” and there are many similar terms in common usage. Why the change over time? First of all, it’s important to [...]
It’s right there in the name of our organization — Women’s Resources exists to help women, and particularly women who have experienced violence, frequently by a partner or family member. But there are often other vulnerable people who live with the violence second-hand: children. These might be small kids who’ve seen their dad hit [...]
