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Check out the events for May - Sexual Violence Prevention Month

Connection, DWS Events, Education, Taking Action, Understanding ViolenceDawson Women's ShelterApril 27, 2022taking action, creative action, sex work, international day to end violence against sex workers, IDEVSW, cookies

May is Sexual Violence Prevention Month

Check out the events for May - Sexual Violence Prevention Month

Connection, DWS Events, Education, Taking Action, Understanding ViolenceDawson Women's ShelterApril 27, 2022taking action, creative action, sex work, international day to end violence against sex workers, IDEVSW, cookies

DWS Opening for Modified Support, Showers, and Laundry Services

Keeping the safety of the Dawson community - especially elders and chronically ill folks - in mind, DWS will be reopening drop-in services - supportive listening, laundry, showers and resource library– in a modified way.

Drop In, Connection, Services, Supporting SurvivorsDawson Women's ShelterJanuary 21, 2022drop in, services, shower, library, support, support survivors, laundry

Cookie Decorating in Solidarity with Sex Workers

Friday, December 17th is the International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers.

Connection, DWS Events, Education, Taking Action, Understanding ViolenceDawson Women's ShelterDecember 13, 2021taking action, creative action, sex work, international day to end violence against sex workers, IDEVSW, cookies

Do Healthier Men Make Healthier Communities?

We’ve heard, “improve women’s health and the whole community’s health improves,” but is the same true for men?

Connection, DWS Events, Education, Taking Action, Understanding ViolenceDawson Women's ShelterDecember 8, 2021taking action, male allies, 16 days, gender based violence, creative action, men, allies, men's health

We Remember. We Take Action.

Today is a national day of mourning. Today is a national day of action.

Connection, DWS Events, Education, Taking Action, Understanding Violence, Helping A FriendDawson Women's ShelterDecember 6, 2021taking action, 16 days, gender based violence, dws, December 6, understanding violence

Shine a Light

For December 6th, the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women, we’re asking everyone to light a candle to remember the women, Two Spirit folks, and non binary folks murdered this year and to rekindle the fight to end sexist violence.

Connection, DWS Events, Education, Taking Action, Understanding ViolenceDawson Women's ShelterDecember 4, 2021taking action, 16 days, gender based violence, buttons, dws

Who Are You Following?

Is your social media feed full of joyful learning?

Connection, Education, Understanding ViolenceDawson Women's ShelterDecember 3, 2021taking action, male allies, 16 days, gender based violence, creative action, fatphobia, instagram, twitter, follow

What's on DWS' Walls?

Seen the new buttons at DWS?

Connection, DWS Events, Education, Taking Action, Understanding ViolenceDawson Women's ShelterDecember 2, 2021taking action, 16 days, gender based violence, buttons, dws

Whole Lotta Learning!

There’s a whole mountain of resources out there to learn more about ending gender-based violence, but good ones can be hard to find sometimes. We’ve collected some here…

Connection, DWS Events, Education, Taking Action, Understanding ViolenceDawson Women's ShelterNovember 27, 2021taking action, male allies, 16 days, gender based violence, julie lalonde, kira-lynn ferderber, danielle boissoneau, stalking, kinship, creative action, fatphobia

16 Days of Activism Reading List

DWS has got a fab selection of books to deepen our understanding of how gender-based violence happens and to create a world based on consent

Connection, Taking Action, Understanding Violence, EducationDawson Women's ShelterNovember 26, 2021taking action, 16 days, stalking, tdor, trans day of remembrance, library, reading list, LGBT, lgbqt2sai+, LGBQT, queer, two spirit, reading

16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence

From November 25 to December 10 we call on everyone to take action to end gender-based violence. Why do we need 16 Days?

Connection, DWS Events, Education, Taking Action, Understanding ViolenceDawson Women's ShelterNovember 25, 2021taking action, male allies, 16 days, gender based violence, julie lalonde, kira-lynn ferderber, danielle boissoneau, stalking, kinship, creative action, fatphobia

Trans Day of Remembrance 2021

November 20th is Trans Day of Remembrance. We work to end transphobic violence and we celebrate with joy the incredibleness, talents, and diversity of the trans community.

Connection, Taking Action, Understanding Violence, EducationDawson Women's ShelterNovember 19, 2021taking action, 16 days, tdor, trans day of remembrance, library, reading list, LGBT, lgbqt2sai+, LGBQT, queer, two spirit

DWS Summer Workshop Series

Summer has arrived in Dawson and DWS has a jam packed schedule of awesome workshops!

Education, DWS Events, Connection, ServicesDawson Women's ShelterJune 8, 2021prevention, support, skills, connection, workshops, garden

Celebrating Lucille Hunter and Her Legacy of Badassery

Lucille was one of the first black women to arrive in the Klondike and the only one documented to have been both a prospector and a miner during the Gold Rush.

Education, ConnectionDawson Women's ShelterFebruary 24, 2021yukon, history, black history month, black futures month, strong women, lucille hunter

Modified Drop-In Services at DWS

Keeping the safety of the Dawson community - especially elders and chronically ill folks - in mind, DWS will be reopening drop-in services - supportive listening, laundry, showers and resource library– in a modified way.

Drop In, Connection, Services, Supporting SurvivorsDawson Women's ShelterJanuary 28, 2021drop in, services, shower, library, support, support survivors, laundry

Ending Fatphobia Reading List

DWS has got a fab selection of books to deepen our understanding of how gender-based violence happens and to create a world based on consent

Connection, Taking Action, Understanding Violence, Education, Drop In, ServicesDawson Women's ShelterDecember 8, 2020taking action, 16 days, library, reading, fatphobia

Three things I love about Kinship

Kinship reminds me that I deserve good things and so do my friends, family and community. We deserve to live in a world where we don’t have to seek these relationships, rather they are the fabric of our societies.