This article describes the making of Canada's Women's Health Network. Shares components, objectives and questions to consider. Lists provincial network contacts.
This article is the second of a special issue of Healthsharing on the topic of women and therapy by The Feminist Therapy Study/Support Group. Identifies four steps which can assist in the process of seeking help.
Encourages women to take charge of their health care individually as well as collectively. Involved in developing alternative practices and works mainly in gynecological health. Offers an information health line, abortion services, and workshops on gynecological health.
Although services are offered in French and English , this website is in French only.
Provides a safe entry point for women in difficulty to access information via our resource library, public education and outreach programs. Offers referrals to the local community and social services network. Gives support in a trusting, non-threatening environment which reflects and respects the woman's needs.
The Antigonish Women’s Resource Centre (AWRC) is a feminist, community-based women's organization which opened in 1983. The Women’s Centre grew out of the work of women in the community who wanted to address issues facing women and adolescent girls and who wanted to provide woman-centered services that support women in making positive changes in their lives. Through our multi-issue, social change and service provision mandate we address, in an integrated way, the broad and often complex range of issues facing women and their children.
Forms an organization that provides crisis intervention, short term supportive counseling, community education, outreach, professional development, policy consultation, community leadership, support housing, and space for a variety of self help and therapeutic groups.
Seeks to correct social imbalance by tackling women's empowerment over all aspects of their lives including education. Encourages women and makes access to University College of the Fraser Valley easier for them. Offers a meeting place, hospitality table, food resources, free clothing exchange, information about and referrals to services, computer access, resource library, and volunteer and practicum opportunities.
Offers multilingual and culturally sensitive information, referral, and support services to women who are from, or who trace their ancestry to, any of the countries of South Asia (Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and Bhutan). Undertakes advocacy, public education, and awareness work on issues that affect South Asian women such as violence, racism, immigration, and unemployment. Provides a safe, supportive, and confidential place for South Asian women who are experiencing male and family violence.
Provides a safe, supportive place where women can voice concerns, share experiences, gain information, learn skills and work with other women to improve the conditions which exclude women's equal participation in society.
