EVA BC’s Community Coordination for Women’s Safety program (CCWS) recently developed a Backgrounder on Sexual Assault Coordination Initiatives. This resource is intended to give organizations an overview of sexual assault coordination, including its history, its importance, and its benefits. This … Continue reading
Community Coordination for Women’s Safety
CCWS is known for developing timely and practical resources and background materials about violence against women coordination. Please note: Some documents on this site were originally published in the Coordinated Community Response to Violence Against Women Resource Kit, compiled by the Victim Services and Crime Prevention Division of the Ministry of Public Safety and Solicitor General in December 2000. When using these documents, please be sure to credit the appropriate source(s).
CCWS News Bulletin, October 2019
This CCWS News Bulletin, October 2019 highlights the Enhanced BC Third Party Reporting Protocol and the new Third Party Reporting Guidebook 2.0: Increasing Reporting Options for Sexual Assault Survivors. Also highlighted is the new document, Indigenous Communities and the CCWS … Continue reading
Third Party Reporting Guidebook 2.0: Increasing Reporting Options for Sexual Assault Survivors, July 2019
The BC Third Party Reporting (TPR) Work Team is pleased to announce the 2019 enhanced BC TPR Protocol, and the release of the Third Party Reporting Guidebook 2.0: Increasing Reporting Options for Sexual Assault Survivors, (“TPR Guidebook 2.0”). The TPR … Continue reading
Crown Intimate Partner Violence Policy (IPV 1), March 2019
This CCWS Backgrounder – Crown Intimate Partner Violence Policy (IPV1) – provides an overview of changes to this British Columbia Crown Counsel Policy to help create awareness of the current policy among anti-violence workers in BC. On March 1, 2018 … Continue reading
The Importance of Coordination Initiatives as Foundations for Collaboration, March 2019
This CCWS Information Bulletin – The Importance of Coordination Initiatives as Foundations for Collaboration, March 2019 – provides background on what coordination is, its roots, and a brief history of coordination initiatives in British Columbia and Canada. It also discusses … Continue reading
CCWS News Bulletin, March 2019
This CCWS News Bulletin, March 2019 highlights the Nisga’a VAWIR Committee receiving the 3rd Annual Be More Than a Bystander Award and a December 2018 visit from Minister Mike Farnworth to announce a grant from the Ministry of Public Safety … Continue reading
CCWS News Bulletin, October 2018
This CCWS News Bulletin, October 2018 highlights coordination efforts in the Robson Valley, as well as a snapshot of capacity building training around the province, a short summary of key emerging trends and issues in the field, and an introduction … Continue reading
ICAT Research Project: Summary of Results, June 2018
This CCWS Information Bulletin – ICAT Research Project: Summary of Results, June 2018 – provides a summary of a research project undertaken by EVA BC in 2015 in order to better understand the access to justice and increased safety related … Continue reading
Community Safety Planning in Indigenous Communities, March 2018
This CCWS Information Bulletin – Community Safety Planning in Indigenous Communities, March 2018 – has been developed to help workers in the field identify and address risk factors and safety considerations specific to Indigenous women within the broader context of … Continue reading
In Custody No Contact Orders, March 2018
This CCWS Information Bulletin – In Custody No Contact Orders, March 2018 – describes the availability of and limitations to No Contact Orders while an accused is in custody. This Information Bulletin was developed in response to information CCWS received … Continue reading