Our Kawartha Lakes community is a wonderful place. It also has aspects that many of us don’t know about, and that we might find hard to believe. But just because we have trouble accepting them doesn’t mean they don’t exist, causing real women and girls real harm. Sex trafficking — forcing another person to [...]
Why we need to stand together Pride Week is coming up soon in Kawartha Lakes. Why is that something we care about at Women’s Resources? Well, the stark reality is that those who oppose women’s rights to reproductive choice and promote male-dominated heterosexual relationships tend to also oppose the rights of folks who are [...]
Please be aware that this post contains descriptions of violence. A hidden price: Women who have been beaten by a partner or loved one have all kinds of injuries, but some of the most important are the ones you can’t see. If a man slams a woman’s head against the floor or a wall, [...]
There’s nothing quite like the Women’s Resources volunteer experience “Women’s Resources makes a real difference in our community,” says Ruth Fallding. And she should know—she’s been helping out one day a week for a full 10 years in our fund development office, entering donation data, creating receipts and thank-you letters, and much more. Ruth [...]
This is the eleventh year for the Marquee Event. The original idea was to help raise awareness of the work of Women’s Resources, but also to raise money through a signature performance by top-flight Canadian performers. The first Marquee Event in 2011 featured entrepreneur and Dragon’s Den star Arlene Dickinson. It has brought outstanding [...]
Wow. Just . . . wow. As we start a new year, we are so grateful for the compassionate support we receive from you, the community we serve, because that compassion flows right to those who need it most: women and children working to escape violence and build lives of dignity. We know the [...]
