Your Community Legal Clinic

Referrals - Women's Issues

Our clinic helps abused women with claims for Criminal Injuries Compensation.  Visit our Criminal Injuries page for details, as well as other links for victims of crime.

 

Family Law Education for Women (FLEW)

 

Family Law Education for Women (FLEW) - a coalition of organisations working together to increase women's knowledge of their rights under Canadian and Ontario family law.  There website has legal information on a variety of family law topics in 11 languages, including ASL.

 

For more information please contact:

 

    Lisa Cirillo, Legal and Project Coordinator
    Family Law Education for Women (FLEW)
    c/o YWCA Toronto  80 Woodlawn Ave E. 
    Toronto,  ON  M4T 1C1

    Tel: 416-961-8101 ext 317  •   Fax: 416-961-7739  •  Email

 

Centre for Research & Education on Violence Against Women and Children

 

The Centre for Research & Education on Violence against Women and Children promotes the development of community-centered action research on violence against women and children.

 

The Centre's role is to facilitate the cooperation of individuals, groups and institutions representing the diversity of the community to pursue research questions and training opportunities to understand and prevent abuse.

 

See their page on Woman Abuse Resources for more links and resources for women and children.

 

 

Disabled Women's Network Ontario (DAWN)

 

DAWN Ontario - Disabled Women's Network Ontario is a progressive, volunteer-driven, feminist organization promoting social justice, human rights and the advancement of equality rights through education, research, advocacy, coalition-building, resource development and information technology.  You can view/download a copy of the report "Walking on Eggshells: Abused Women's Experiences of Ontario's Welfare System" on DAWN's website.

 

 

Ontario Women's Justice Network (OWJN)

 

The Ontario Women's Justice Network (OWJN) is an online legal resource for women's organizations and individuals working on issues related to justice and violence against women and children.  They have a Rural Women's Justice Guide specifically for women living in rural areas. 

 

Other Resources

Community Legal Education Ontario (CLEO) - their Criminal page has the pamphlet, "Do You Know a Woman who is Being Abused?" - pamphlets on family law are also available online

Metropolitan Action Committee on Violence Against Women and Children (METRAC)

Ministry of the Attorney General - FAQ's on family law