Selected
Resources on Women Abuse
Overcoming the Backlash:
Telling the Truth About Power, Privilege,
and Oppression by
Deborah Sinclair, 2003 available from EWA.
This 182-page resource kit for community
agencies explores a gender-based analysis of
violence against women.
Walking on Eggshells:
Abused Women’s Experiences of Ontario’s
Welfare System by
the Woman Abuse Welfare Research Project,
2004. An excellent research report on the
experiences of women who flee abusive
relationships and turn to welfare.
Women’s Voices in Men’s
Learning: What abused women say men should
learn to stop their violence
by Smita Vir Tyagi, Clara
Castillo, Marie Mansfield, 2004. Presenting
woman-abuse survivors’ input into developing
programs for abusive men, this report is
available through Counterpoint Counselling
and Education Co-operative Inc.
Home Safe Home
by Kingston Independent
Living Resource Centre, 1999. Geared to
women living in institutional/residential
settings, this booklet discusses sign of
violence and ways of getting support.
Charting New Waters: How
to Respond to Violence Against Women with
Disabilities by
Justice Institute of BC. An excellent
training manual and video about abuse of
women with disabilities.
Online, videotape, and CD-ROM:
Nowhere to Turn?
Responding to partner violence against
immigrant and visible minority women
by Ekuwa Smith, Canadian
Council on Social Development, 2004. This
study shows the need for comprehensive,
coordinated, culturally appropriate
strategies to reach immigrant and visible
minority women dealing with partner
violence.
www.ccsd.ca/pubs/2004/nowhere/
It’s in Our Hands: Stop
Violence Against Women
by Amnesty International,
2004. This report investigates causes,
forms, and remedies for VAW worldwide, and
explores relationships between VAW and
poverty, discrimination, and militarization.
www.amnesty.org
The Economic Dimensions of
Interpersonal Violence
by the World Health
Organization, 2004. This report strengthens
the case for investing in prevention by
highlighting the enormous economic costs and
consequences of interpersonal violence.
www.who.int/violence_injury_prevention
School-Based Violence
Prevention Programs: A resource manual
by RESOLVE, 2002.
This comprehensive resource on preventing
violence against girls and young women
addresses topics such as “What is
Prevention,” “Changing School Culture,” and
“Planning a Comprehensive Violence
Prevention Response.”
www.ucalgary.ca/resolve/violenceprevention/English/prevprog.htm
Teen Dating Violence:
Information and Resources by National
Resource Centre on Domestic Violence,
2004. This CD ROM and information packet
examines current provision of support
services for teens and provides information
about promising prevention and intervention
strategies. www.nrcdv.org and
www.vawnet.org
Dating: How to Stay Safe
and Have Fun by Women’s Habitat,
2002. This CD ROM is an interactive
information tool for youth. Available from
EWA.
www.womanabuseprevention.com
Abuse and Women with
Disabilities by
Margaret A. Nosek and Carol A. Howland,
1998. A summary report of a comprehensive US
study looking at incidence/prevalence of
abuse experienced by women with
disabilities.
www.vaw.umn.edu/documents/vawnet/disab/disab.html
Violence Against Women, An
International and Interdisciplinary Journal
by SAGE
Publications. An excellent resource for
service providers, researchers, and
educators to learn about emerging
sub-issues on VAW, research findings, and
related policies.
www.sagepub.com/ejournals
Issue-specific EWA Newsletters on
woman abuse cover topics such as Older Woman
Abuse, Children Exposed to Woman Abuse,
Custody and Access, Violence against Women
with Disability and Deaf women, Same-Sex
Partner Abuse, Emotional Abuse,
Interventions with Abusive Men, and Health
and Woman Abuse. Available through EWA.
www.womanabuseprevention.com.
