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Fleeing violence


Equity

Recommendation 10: Address the needs of those most likely to be living in poverty and impacted by intersecting colonialism, racism, ableism, heterosexism, transphobia, and gender inequality.


Equity

Recommendation 12: Address the unique needs of systemically disadvantaged groups to access all services, including targeted measures to remove barriers to access and tailored supports.


Equity

Recommendation 20: Implement a National Action Plan for Violence Against Women and Gender-Based Violence, and a provincial sexual assault policy, with mandatory training and increase investment in services and supports for those escaping domestic violence.


Equity

Recommendation 21: The BC Human Rights Commission to prioritize stigma-auditing areas of law and policy that most directly impact highly stigmatized populations including sex workers in areas such as:

  • Public space governance,
  • Income assistance and disability policy,
  • Housing policy and residential tenancy law,
  • Child welfare law and policy,
  • Policing law and policy,
  • Health policy related to mental health and substance use,
  • Privacy law as it relates to people who live in public spaces and people who are criminalized as a result of poverty and substance use.



Equity

Recommendation 22: Implementation of all recommendations in the following reports: Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada: Call to Action, and Reclaiming Power and Place: The Final Report of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls.


Economic security

Extreme poverty and homelessness

Recommendation 71: Prioritize poverty reduction strategies that target those who have a higher risk of living in poverty due to intersectional disadvantage. This includes women, single senior women, single parents, Indigenous and racialized communities, immigrants and refugees, those engaged in survival sex work and other work in grey economies, LGBTQIA2S+ individuals, those living with disabilities (taking into consideration the diverse needs of those with both short and long-term disability needs), those with mental health challenges, and those with substance-use disorders.


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