During the COVID pandemic, when physical/social distancing is required, many community-based advocates are working from home. In this moment, technology plays a vital role, ensuring that survivors in need can still access critical support services. Anti-violence workers may be accessing … Continue reading
Public Education Resources
Providing Coordinated Services to Mature Minors
This CCWS Information Bulletin provides general guidelines to the anti-violence sector on providing coordinated services to minors. Working with minors will always require a case by case basis analysis to determine if they are capable of making decisions about their … Continue reading
Coercive Control, EVA Notes
Coercive control is present in the lives of many, if not most, of anti-violence workers’ clients. The Centre for Research & Education on Violence Against Women & Children (CREVAWC) describes coercive control as “omnipresent and psychological in nature, affecting all … Continue reading
Trauma-informed Organizations, EVA Notes
Anti-violence workers are disproportionately impacted by vicarious trauma. Many have experienced violence and trauma themselves. To better meet the needs of people who have experienced trauma, including survivors of gender-based violence, Trauma-informed practice (TIP) is being applied across numerous sectors … Continue reading
Clare’s Law, 2019
EVA BC has prepared a helpful background document, Bill M217: The Interpersonal Violence Disclosure Act: British Columbia’s Clare’s Law, in response to 2019 provincial legislation and questions related to this issue. We explain why Clare’s Law, the Interpersonal Violence Disclosure … Continue reading
Eating Disorders and Trauma, EVA NOTES
The August edition of EVA Notes provides a brief overview of three common eating disorders, and the link between eating disorders and trauma. Anyone of any gender, age, race, size, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, or sexual orientation can develop an eating … Continue reading
Supporting Sex Workers’ Safety, EVA Notes
Sex work can be defined as “the exchange of money for sexual services provided by a consenting adult” (Living in Community, 2018). Sex workers include women, men, and transgender and nonbinary individuals. About 80-95% of sex work takes place indoors, … Continue reading
Non-Fatal Strangulation, EVA Notes
Non-Fatal Strangulation is shockingly common in intimate partner violence, but often goes undisclosed. It’s very important that both survivors and advocates working with them are aware that injuries arising out of strangulation may not become apparent for days, weeks or … Continue reading
Working with Clients Who Self-Injure, EVA Notes
Self-injury behaviour (SIB) is when someone deliberately causes injury to one’s own body, without the intention to commit suicide or for body modification such as a tattoo or a piercing. SIB is also called non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) or deliberate self-harm … Continue reading
Intimate Partner Violence and Traumatic Brain Injury, EVA Notes
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) among survivors of intimate partner violence has been called a “secret epidemic”. Up to 92% of victims of relationship violence suffer physical injuries to the head, neck or face during an assault, according to several studies… … Continue reading