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Women and gender diverse people
Recommendation 23:
The Province should make contraception widely and freely available for all people in British Columbia. At the very least, government must reinstate funding for IUDs for women with disabilities.
Able Mothers: The Intersection of Parenting, Disability and the Law
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West Coast Leaf
West Coast Leaf
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Recommendation 25:
The Province should begin drafting legislation to regulate assisted reproductive technologies in BC, in consultation with key stakeholders — including people with disabilities. Non-discrimination and the protection and promotion of human health, safety, dignity, diversity and rights should be key principles underlying the legislation.
Able Mothers: The Intersection of Parenting, Disability and the Law
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West Coast Leaf
West Coast Leaf
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2014
2014
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Recommendation 277:
The police should treat all requests for assistance to enforce protective measures, such as no contact orders, peace bonds, and civil restraining orders as serious and important matters. Police must fully investigate all allegations of breach of protection orders and recommend appropriate charges be laid where there are reasonable and probable grounds to believe an offence occurred. (p.7 – 31)
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Recommendation 11:
The police officer will inform the victim of any community-based specialized victim services…and will refer her case with her permission…(p.40)
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Recommendation 415:
The overall society needs to also be educated on Aboriginal people’s history and present challenges that support family violence. The societal awakening is a necessity to change the prevalence of violence directed at Aboriginal women and families. (p.19)
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Recommendation 323:
The Ministry of Public Safety and Solicitor General should work with local police departments/detachments and community-based services to develop and fund specialized domestic violence units in communities where population warrants such an approach. Such units should embody a coordinated police-community approach and a broad service delivery mandate. Such units should also be guided by an advisory body that includes community agencies and is formally linked to any existing VAWIR coordinating committee. (p.61)
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Recommendation 303:
The Ministry of Public Safety and Solicitor General should adopt comprehensive practice guidelines for assaultive men’s treatment programs developed in consultation with experts in the field, including the Ending Relationship Abuse Society of BC, as well as women-serving organizations. These guidelines should include directives that programs work in close collaboration with anti-violence and women-serving organizations in their community, to ensure that an appropriate gender analysis is maintained in the development and delivery of treatment for assaultive men and to enable victims to make informed choices about their safety. Contracts for assaultive men’s treatment programs should require programs to adhere to the practice guidelines which are adopted. (p.55)
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Recommendation 110:
The Ministry of Public Safety & Solicitor General review and alter their population-based funding formula to ensure that women in remote communities have access to services. (p.16)
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Recommendation 407:
The Ministry of Public Safety & Solicitor General provide funds to develop and implement education and training on variety of topics related to violence in Aboriginal communities delivered by Aboriginal women. (p.15)
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Recommendation 18:
The Ministry of Justice should work with disability, women-serving and antiviolence organizations to develop and deliver training for professionals working in the family law system, including lawyers, social workers, mediators, arbitrators, parenting coordinators, and parenting assessors, on the impact (or lack thereof) of disability on the capacity to parent.
Able Mothers: The Intersection of Parenting, Disability and the Law
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West Coast Leaf
West Coast Leaf
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2014
2014
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