Are we ready to change?

Written by Zara Suleman, Haley Hrymak, and Kim Hawkins

Funded by Status of Women Canada, now Women and Gender Equality Canada, this research heard from women survivors of violence, who 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.This research was conducted between June 2017 and May 2020.

Photography by Melody Charlie

Graphic Report design by Nadene Rehnby