Violence Prevention

The Antigonish Women’s Resource Centre and Sexual Assault Services Association has put together this guide for girls and young women in Antigonish and Guysborough Counties, Nova Scotia but it also has many revelant resources for girls across the country.

The guide shares information and online links on topics like:

If you are a girl with a disability, this guide is for you.

What Their Stories Tell Us: Research findings from the Sisters In Spirit initiative brings together five years of research related to missing and murdered Aboriginal women and girls in Canada. The purpose of this report is to answer three fundamental questions: What are the circumstances, root causes and trends leading to violence against Aboriginal women in Canada? How many Aboriginal women and girls have gone missing or have been found murdered in Canada? And, why this violence has led to such disturbingly high numbers of missing and murdered Aboriginal women and girls in Canada without connection by police or justice authorities?

Resources To Educate Teens About Sexuality And Sexual Health

Vancouver Coastal Health is proud to offer teachers, school counselors, youth workers, and community health nurses this resource to support healthy adolescent development in our communities. The resource was developed in collaboration with high school students during the Parkgate Youth Sexual Health Project.

As teens move through their adolescence, romantic relationships become increasingly important. Adolescence is an important time to help teens develop healthy relationship skills. This module provides a foundation for understanding what healthy relationships look like.

Participants will:

In 1999, lesbians were identified as an underserved minority by the Institute of Medicine. Some health issues for lesbians are different from those of heterosexual women, and clinicians need to be aware of these differences in order to provide culturally-appropriate care, since at least 5% of their female patients are lesbian.

In this document is an abundance of books, manuals and programs designed to assist parents and professionals in their efforts to teach children how to grow up healthy in an unhealthy world, and how to promote healthy and equal relationships in a world where inequality is deeply entrenched in our everyday lives.

Frontline Partners with Youth Network (FPYN) aims to build a better city-wide atmosphere for youth.

Factsheet published by the Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women on violence against women and girls.

The girls group framework presented in this manual is intended to provide marginalized and
at-risk pre-adolescent and adolescent females, ages 12-19, with a space to explore a wide
range of issues that impact their daily lives.