Protection orders: what are they?
Protection orders include a range of criminal and court orders intended to protect a survivor of IPV from further abuse by their partner. Continue reading Protection orders: what are they?
Category Archives: Safety
Privacy vs safety
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
“A brutal and cowardly attack”
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”
Family Court Support Workers: A largely unsung family court best practice
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