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No Way Out

By |2020-09-09T11:07:20-04:00September 9th, 2020|Uncategorized|

Very few of the findings in a new report about COVID-19 and gender-based violence in Canada are a surprise, unfortunately. They describe a tumultuous time where women have faced more serious abuse, and where organizations like Women’s Resources have had to figure out new ways to do almost everything. The report, from the Ending [...]

Our Food Cupboard

By |2020-08-29T19:41:35-04:00August 29th, 2020|Uncategorized|

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 [...]

When Consequences No Longer Matter

By |2020-08-25T16:55:21-04:00August 25th, 2020|Uncategorized|

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 [...]

We’re hiring!

By |2020-08-25T10:56:34-04:00August 25th, 2020|Uncategorized|

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 [...]

Spotlight on Services

By |2020-08-04T18:56:33-04:00August 5th, 2020|Uncategorized|

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 [...]

Is Violence Against Women a Predictor of Other Violence?

By |2020-07-26T17:22:06-04:00July 26th, 2020|Uncategorized|

We’ve talked in this space before about why it’s critical to remember that the man who perpetrated Canada’s worst mass killing violently abused his female partner before leaving a heartbreaking trail of death and destruction through central Nova Scotia. Calls are getting louder for whatever inquiry takes place into the shootings to include what’s [...]

Privilege – Time for Change

By |2020-07-22T17:13:12-04:00July 22nd, 2020|Uncategorized|

All over the world, people are rising up to demand an end to racism. Why now, when the problem has existed for centuries? You know the names all too well: Rayshard Brooks, George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery in the United States (and they’re just some of the more recent examples in a shockingly [...]

We are hiring!

By |2020-07-14T14:17:47-04:00July 14th, 2020|Uncategorized|

Executive Assistant Position 21 hours per week (some evening work required) Women’s Resources is looking for an experienced, professional, detail-oriented individual in the role of Executive Assistant to the Executive Director. She will be responsible for performing a number of administrative duties including onboarding new staff and Board members, recording minutes of Board meetings, maintaining [...]

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