cover image: The impacts of recent law reforms on abused women involved in the family court process in Ontario : Effets des récentes réformes du droit sur les femmes victimes de violence qui se retrouvent à la cour de la famille de l'Ontario : un portrait environnemental des fournisseurs de services en matière de violence faite aux femmes

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The impacts of recent law reforms on abused women involved in the family court process in Ontario : Effets des récentes réformes du droit sur les femmes victimes de violence qui se retrouvent à la cour de la famille de l'Ontario : un portrait environnemental des fournisseurs de services en matière de violence faite aux femmes

4 Nov 2011

The relationship between women who have experienced violence and the family law system is complex and has been a focus of attention for women's equity organizations, frontline violence against women (VAW) workers, advocates and the Ontario government for many years. Over the last eight years, there have been significant legislative, policy and process changes in family law and in criminal and immigration law that directly impact women who have experienced violence. Increasingly women can find themselves in both family court and criminal court at the same time. They can also find themselves dealing with other institutional impacts once they are part of the family court system (e.g. being investigated by child welfare, being required to do mandatory counseling services, having to access income supports from Ontario Works, etc.). Like many reforms, these changes are intended to improve the situation, but have unintended consequences.
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Authors

Riggs, Joan

Pages
46
Published in
Ottawa, Ontario

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