DISTRICT 28 WOMEN’S ADVOCATES CONTACT INFO
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| 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]
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A WOMEN’S ADVOCATE:
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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
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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.
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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.