Women’s Resources of Kawartha Lakes is pleased to announce the launch of a new program initiative for youth and victims of Human Sexual Trafficking made possible through funding from the Provincial Government, Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services. This four-year program will address the two pillars of the new Anti-Human Trafficking Strategy through: [...]
With so many demands on your time, why would you choose to give up several hours a month to become a member of our board of directors? For many local women, the answer was easy, but what’s interesting is that each of those answers is a little different. That’s because our dynamic board offers [...]
June is National Indigenous History Month. The federal government website describes it as “a time for learning about, appreciating and acknowledging the contributions First Nations, Inuit and Métis people have made in shaping Canada.” It must also be a time when we acknowledge that the history of colonization has an enormous, pervasive influence on [...]
The many-coloured flags of Pride Month signal joy and love, and as a society we’ve come a long way in recognizing and honouring relationships that don’t fit a traditional heterosexual pattern. But the cheerful colours and legal gains can’t hide the reality that lesbians, and bisexual and trans women experience even more violence than [...]
Some countries, most notably the United States, have named April as Sexual Assault Awareness Month. Some jurisdictions, including Ontario, observe Sexual Assault Prevention Month in May. Both are valuable, but that one word makes a huge difference. Because after all, women don’t really need more awareness of sexual assault, do we? What we need [...]
We all know that social media can be a nasty stew of insults and prejudice, strong opinions and snap judgements. And while there seems to be plenty of that to go around for all kinds of people in the public eye, from performers to politicians, we can’t lose sight of the fact that women [...]
Not that long ago, if you’d asked someone what sexual assault was, they’d probably have described a rape—a situation where a woman is attacked by a man she doesn’t know who forces her to have sex. Of course that is assault, but our understanding has definitely evolved…except for the ways in which it hasn’t. [...]
Women’s Resources has two positions available in our Anti Human Trafficking program. These positions will be part of the shelter team and will provide 1:1 support, direct services and modelling to HT survivors as they transition through a graduated residential program to independence. The hours of work will be flexible and based on service [...]
Whether it’s helping with administrative work, organizing special fundraisers, sorting donations at Vicky’s Values or sitting on committees, our volunteers work tireless alongside our wonderful staff, all with the ultimate goal of making life better for women and their children in our community coping with abuse and intimate partner violence. Even now, when the [...]
Many workplaces are doing the hard work of looking at the way employees are treated to ensure everyone can work free from harassment. Women are standing up for the basic right to do their jobs without being singled out or made to feel uncomfortable simply because they are women. And yet recent days have [...]
