Raise the Bar - Chat with Viki from Gerties

Viki from Diamond Tooth Gerties and Crickett from DWS chat about how bartenders and servers can practice skills to interrupt sexual violence. Guest appearance by Captain Porkchop!

Yukon Women’s Organizations Call Upon Yukon Party to Address Gender-Based Violence

“We need diverse spaces, places that welcome all voices in politics. So these comments really only serve to tell women and LGBTQ2S+ people that there's no place for them.” - Kluane Adamek, Yukon regional chief of the Assembly of First Nations

Raise the Bar Dawson

Dawson Women's Shelter is challenging all bar and restaurant staff in Dawson to participate in our Raise the Bar Workshops this summer to prevent sexual violence.

Period Poverty

34% of [people who menstruate] in Canada have had to regularly or occasionally sacrifice something else within their budget to afford menstrual products. DWS has got your back! Call 993.5086 if you need pads, tampons, or a menstrual cup. Plus some bonus busting of transphobia!

Education, Taking Action, Drop InDawson Women's ShelterApril 16, 2021empowerment, strength, celebrate, 2021, period, period poverty, menstrual, menstrateComment

IWD 2021 ✊✊✊

We can all choose to challenge and call out gender bias and inequality. We can all choose to seek out and celebrate women's achievements. Collectively, we can all help create an inclusive world.

Education, Taking ActionDawson Women's ShelterMarch 11, 2021IWD, International Women's Day, Anthem, empowerment, strength, celebrate, 2021, choose to challenge, choose to celebrateComment

International Women's Day 2021

Feminist anthems to celebrate International Women’s Day!

Education, Taking ActionDawson Women's ShelterMarch 8, 2021IWD, International Women's Day, Anthem, empowerment, strength, celebrate, 2021Comment

IWD 2021: Feminist Recovery

“Women are nearly twice as likely than men to lose their jobs during the COVID-19 crisis. Indeed, the pandemic will dramatically increase the poverty rate for women and widen the gap between men and women who live in poverty.” - United Nations

Education, Taking ActionDawson Women's ShelterMarch 7, 2021IWD, International Women's Day, Anthem, empowerment, strength, celebrate, 2021, gender, equityComment

IWD 2021: Gender Equity

“Women are nearly twice as likely than men to lose their jobs during the COVID-19 crisis. Indeed, the pandemic will dramatically increase the poverty rate for women and widen the gap between men and women who live in poverty.” - United Nations

Education, Taking ActionDawson Women's ShelterMarch 6, 2021IWD, International Women's Day, Anthem, empowerment, strength, celebrate, 2021, gender, equityComment

IWD 2021: Choose to Challenge, Choose to Celebrate

We can all choose to challenge and call out gender bias and inequality. We can all choose to seek out and celebrate women's achievements. Collectively, we can all help create an inclusive world.

Education, Taking ActionDawson Women's ShelterMarch 5, 2021IWD, International Women's Day, Anthem, empowerment, strength, celebrate, 2021, choose to challenge, choose to celebrate Comments

What is Case Review? (And why do we care so darn much?)

Let’s get into what case review looks like, how it was created, and why folks care about it so darn much.

FKA twigs Shuts Down Victim Blaming

There are so many more important q’s to ask…

Taking Action, Supporting SurvivorsDawson Women's ShelterFebruary 22, 2021sexual assault, sexual violence, prevention, taking action, support, violence, power, safety, consent, stalking, criminal harassment, support survivors, advocate, yukon, understanding violence

Black Futures Podcasts

Fill your ears with podcasts that celebrate Black culture!

Education, Taking Action, Understanding ViolenceDawson Women's ShelterFebruary 19, 2021taking action, february, black history month, black futures month, black lives matter, podcast, podcasts

RCMP Pull The Plug on Yukon Case Review

Several Yukon-based non-profit organizations that advocate on behalf of women who have been sexually assaulted in the Yukon are looking for answers after RCMP National Headquarters pulled the plug on a three-year project.

Services, Taking Action, Supporting SurvivorsDawson Women's ShelterFebruary 10, 2021sexual assault, sexual violence, prevention, taking action, 16 Days, support, violence, power, safety, consent, stalking, criminal harassment, support survivors

Listen to Sex Workers

Today, December 17, is the International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers. Learn more about sex work, from sex workers.

Taking Action, Understanding Violence, EducationDawson Women's ShelterDecember 17, 2020taking action, library, reading, sex work, sex workers, international day to end violence against sex workers, rights not rescue, listen

Ending Fatphobia to End Violence

Mähsi cho to Kira-Lynn Ferderber and SPARCC Sarasota for sharing knowledge. These links are based on her workshop Ending Fatphobia in Our Shelters.

Taking Action, Understanding Violence, EducationDawson Women's ShelterDecember 9, 2020taking action, 16 days, fat liberation, fatphobia, body positivity

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.

Connection, DWS Events, Education, Taking Action, Understanding ViolenceDawson Women's ShelterDecember 7, 2020taking action, 16 days, gender based violence, danielle boissoneau, kinship, creative action, allies, relationships, capitalism, colonialism, mmiw, mmiwg2s

Men Taking Action

Men can play a huge role in ending gender-based violence. Men are part of a solution; That means being prepared to interrupt, stand up to, and prevent violence in the spaces we work, live, hang out, and study in.

Education, Taking ActionDawson Women's ShelterDecember 4, 2020sexual violence, prevention, take action, male allies, men, sexual violence prevention month

Bystander Intervention

We know that feeling in our stomach when something is wrong, but very rarely are we taught the skills to interrupt behaviour that can lead to sexual assault or partner violence.

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 25, 2020taking action, 16 days, stalking, tdor, trans day of remembrance, library, reading list, LGBT, lgbqt2sai+, LGBQT, queer, two spirit, reading

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