Feminist Research Education Development and Action Centre

The FREDA Centre for Research on Violence against Women and Children Reports available on this Website (click on title to view file) CONTENTS: Reports available free on this site: Violence against Girls The Tragedy of Reena Virk Violence against Women Policies and Actions Conference Presentations Sexual Exploitation of Children Statistics on Violence Reports available for purchase: Printed Publications VIOLENCE AGAINST GIRLS: The Girl Child: Having to 'Fit', by Yasmin Jiwani. Reducing Crime and Victimization: A Service Providers' Report, by Nancy Janovicek. Violence Prevention and the Girl Child: Phase One Report, the Alliance of Five Research Centres on Violence / L'alliance des Cinq Centres de Research sur la Violence. Violence Prevention and the Girl Child: Phase Two Report - "In The Best Interests of the Girl Child", the Alliance of Five Research Centres on Violence / L'alliance des Cinq Centres de Research sur la Violence. THE TRAGEDY OF REENA VIRK: Reena Virk: The Erasure of Race, by Yasmin Jiwani. The Denial of Race in the Murder of Reena Virk, by Yasmin Jiwani. A Guilty Verdict against the Odds: Privileging White Middle-Class Femininity in the Trial of Kelly Ellard for the Murder of Reena Virk by Brenna Bhandar. Violence, Racism, and Power - The Ellard Trial, by Yasmin Jiwani and Annabel Webb. Girls and Violence: Some Statistics, produced by the FREDA Centre for Research on Violence against Women and Children.   VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN: An Analysis of the 1999 General Social Survey on Spousal Violence, by Yasmin Jiwani. L'enquête sociale générale de 1999 sur la violence conjugale : une analyse, par Yasmin Jiwani. Breaking the Cycle: A Parenting Guide for Single Mothers of Children Who Have Witnessed Domestic Violence, by Janet Ericksen, et al., 1997. Available free in pdf format (size=1.2MB) The Parenting Support Group for Women Who Have Experienced Abuse: Facilitator's Manual, by Angela Henderson, J. Ericksen and S. Ogden, 1997. Available free in pdf format (size=1.7MB) Examining the Potential for Community and Institutional Partnerships to Prevent Violence Against Women, by Catherine Dat, for the Vancouver Women's Fund, August 1998. Intersecting Inequalities: Immigrant Women of Colour, Violence & Health Care, by Yasmin Jiwani, July 2001. Also available free in pdf format (size=3.8MB) Organizing against Violence: An Anti-Racist & Anti-Sexist Perspective, by Yasmin Jiwani. Rural Women and Violence: A Study of Two Communities in British Columbia, by Yasmin Jiwani, With the assistance of: Shelley Moore & Patricia Kachuk. Sentencing Reforms and Women Survivors of Men's Violence: Why Women Should Care, by Patricia Kachuk. Spousal Abuse in the South Asian Community, by Raminder Dosanjh, S. Deo and S. Sidhu, 1994. Available free in pdf format (size=1.5MB) Surviving Domestic Violence and Disasters, by Elaine Enarson. Trapped: Holding on to the Knife's Edge - Economic Violence against Filipino Migrant / Immigrant Women, by the Philippine Women Centre of BC, 1997. Available free in pdf format (size=0.5MB) Violence against Women: Another Vernon Waiting to Explode, reprinted from Kinesis, May 1997. Violence is about Power, by Yasmin Jiwani.   POLICIES AND ACTIONS: From Rhetoric to Reality: Canada's Obligations to the Immigrant and Refugee Girl Child in International Law, by Angela Cameron, August 2001. Mapping Policies & Actions on Violence against Women, produced by the FREDA Centre, April 1999. The Media, 'Race' and Multiculturalism, by Yasmin Jiwani. Movements Across Borders: Chinese Women Migrants in Canada, by Direct Action Against Refugee Exploitation (DAARE), April 2001. Policing Violence against Women in Relationships: An Examination of Police Response to Violence against Women in British Columbia, Executive Summary, by Yasmin Jiwani & Lawrence Buhagiar, August 1997. Rape-Shield Provisions of the Criminal Code. The Status of The Status of Women Canada: Co-opting Our Agenda, reprinted from Kinesis, May 1997. Violence against Women in Relationships: An Analysis of Policies and Actions, by Patricia Kachuk. CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS: Changing Institutional Agendas in Health Care, by Yasmin Jiwani. Culture, Violence and Inequality, by Yasmin Jiwani. Mapping Violence: A Work in Progress, by Yasmin Jiwani.   SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF CHILDREN: It's a Crime! An Act Local - Think Global Conference on the Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children and Youth, Vancouver, 1999. Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children and Youth: National and International Perspectives, by Yasmin Jiwani, 1999. An Overview of Relevant Legislation, Policy and Research Concerning the Victimization of Children in Cyberspace, by Merlyn Horton, 2001. From Stockholm to Yokohama: Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children in Canada and Beyond, by Mark Erik Hecht, Co-Founder, Beyond Borders, 2001. The Trafficking in Children for the Purpose of Prostitution: British Columbia, Canada, by Renata Aebi, 2001. Progress of Bill C-2: An Act to Amend the Criminal Code (Protection of Children and Other Vulnerable Persons) and the Canada Evidence Act.   STATISTICS ON VIOLENCE: "A Minute of Silence": Statistics on Violence against Women, from the BC Ministry of Community Services. Violence against Girls: Statistical Highlights, produced by the Alliance of Five Research Centres on Violence/L'alliance des Cinq Centres de Recherche sur la Violence and the FREDA Centre for Research on Violence against Women and Children. Violence against Women: Statistical Highlights, produced by the FREDA Centre for Research on Violence against Women and Children.