Canadian feminist lawyer and women’s advocate
Balancing privacy rights with the safety of women who have been subjected to gender-based violence has always been a challenge. How much information about an abuser should a survivor and those who are supporting her be able to have? How Continue reading Privacy vs safety
Earlier this week, Jack Sepple was sentenced to 23½ years in prison for the February 1st murder of his girlfriend, Ashley Wadsworth. Ashley, a young (19 years old at the time of her death) Canadian woman, had travelled to England Continue reading “A brutal and cowardly attack”
Workers in Ontario’s shelters for women and children fleeing abuse have been providing support to women involved with family court for decades. Occasionally funded through short-term grants, sometimes with resources provided by community fund-raising and often just tacked on to Continue reading Family Court Support Workers: A largely unsung family court best practice