BSCC Blog
Migrant Women’s Rights Project
In 2016, the Barbra Schlifer Clinic convened a consortium of organizations, front-line service providers, agencies and researchers who separately work with women and gender diverse people with precarious immigration status who are vulnerable to...
Criminalization of Women
A disproportionate number of women and gender diverse people who were reporting violence against them, found themselves facing criminal charges. The Criminalization of Women Project seeks to reverse this trend. The Criminalization of Women Project...
Guiding Systemic Responses to Survivors of Gender-Based Violence Through Risk Assessment: A Survivor-Centric Approach
With funding from Women and Gender Equality Canada and in partnership with agencies across Canada, researchers, and survivors, of violence, we are developing promising practices, frameworks and resources for gender-based violence risk...
#ANDMETOO
With its re-appearance as a hashtag in October 2017, #MeToo encouraged thousands of women around the world to start sharing their experiences of sexual assault and sexual harassment. This social media initiative turned into a movement producing waves of change for survivors, social service providers, educators, law enforcement officers, and government. However, due to lack of resources and access to legal representation women with complex socio-economic needs are far less likely to voice similar concerns.
Immigration
It’s a clear reversal of Canada’s previous leadership on helping women who face gender persecution around the world. The Schlifer Clinic is concerned that changes to immigration and refugee law in Canada as reflected in Bills C-49 and C-31 will...
Police Officers and Rape Culture: The Silencing of Sexual Assault Survivors
Toronto, April 3, 2017—The Barbra Schlifer Clinic applauds the decision of Ava Williams to launch her constitutional challenge to the London Police Services. The Clinic has read the statement of claim and supports Ms. Williams and her lawyers in...