Are we ready to change?
Written by Zara Suleman, Haley Hrymak, and Kim Hawkins
The project was conducted between June 2017 and May 2020 and made possible by generous funding from Status of Women Canada, now Women and Gender Equality Canada.
Many women survivors of violence shared with us that they are not using the family law system to access their rightful legal entitlements or benefits because to do so would put them at further risk of harm. If women feel unsafe to seek their legal rights, the legal system in essence further disempowers women while simultaneously empowering perpetrators of violence against women and children.
Photography by Melody Charlie
Graphic Report design by Nadene Rehnby