Funded by the Ontario Women's Directorate, The Career Practitioner's Toolkit on Violence Against Women is a resource for service providers as they support job-seeking women.
Sadly, violence against women is fairly common. Women are five more times more likely to be killed by their romantic partners than are men, and many women report that they have experienced some sort of abuse at the hands of their male romantic partners.
Violence that occurs in relationships impacts women in a variety of ways. Each individual woman may react differently, but there are some common results.
Violence impacts a woman's job-seeking and training. This toolkit provides career practitioners with tools, strategies and information so that they can effectively and sensitively support violence survivors.
The project is builds on the success of earlier ACTEW projects, namely Moving on to Success and Supporting Survivors, Supporting Employment.
For more information about the toolkit, please contact Paula Wansbrough at Paula @ actew.org.
