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Women's Advocate Program






DISTRICT 28 WOMEN’S ADVOCATES CONTACT INFO

Shannon and Taylor
wa@d28.osstf.ca
613-401-3953 or 613-717-0380



WHY DO WE NEED A WOMEN’S ADVOCATE PROGRAM?

OSSTF/FEESO believes that the union has a role to play in assisting members who are experiencing workplace sexual harassment, intimate violence and abuse. Research has shown that 1 in 3 workers have experienced domestic violence in their lifetime and 82% of those workers reported that domestic violence had negatively affected their work performance.  This violence does not occur just at home. 53% of those workers said they had experienced violence at or near the workplace.  37% said that it negatively impacted their co-workers and 5% lost their job as a result of the domestic violence.[1]

   

A WOMEN’S ADVOCATE:

Someone who can listen and help when a member is:

  • Facing violence or abuse in her relationship
  • Experiencing sexual harassment in the workplace
  • In need of community resources and/or workplace supports

Someone who will:

  • Listen, believe, validate and assist
  • Respect confidentiality
  • Support a woman’s right to make her own decisions
  • Provide links to community services
  • Acts as a liaison, between women and their union leadership.

LOCAL RESOURCES:

Coming soon.


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[1]Wathen, C. N., MacGregor, J. C. D., MacQuarrie, B. J. with the Canadian Labour Congress. (2014). Can Work be Safe, When Home Isn’t? Initial Findings of a Pan-Canadian Survey on Domestic Violence and the Workplace. London, ON: Centre for Research & Education on Violence Against Women and Children.