Feminist Research Education Development and Action Centre

The FREDA Centre for Research on Violence against Women and Children FREDA - Research Activities A. FREDA's Current Research Projects B. FREDA's Activities: An Overview C. Consultations, Conferences, and Panels A. FREDA'S CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS 2006 - Present The FREDA GoGirls Group FREDA currently sponsors GoGirls - a facilitated group that focuses on skills development and fun. GoGirls members also serve as research consultants for FREDA's current Status of Women study on girls and their experiences. 2000 - 2003 Violence Prevention and the Girl Child - Phase 2 The FREDA Centre has received funding from the Strategic Themes component of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council to engage in an extensive and in-depth examination of the specific influences that heighten the vulnerability of racialized girls to violence, and factors that promote or impede social cohesion and a sense of belonging of racialized girls. This funding spans a 3-year period, during which time the Centre will endeavour to supplement the sparse Canadian academic literature dealing with the lives and realities of racialized girls. It is anticipated that one of the outcomes of this study will be a practical guide for frontline workers with suggestions on how best to intervene in crisis situations when dealing with racialized girls from diverse communities. With funding from the National Crime Prevention Mobilization Fund, the Centre will enhance its study of racialized girls by examining the factors and conditions that render marginalized girls more vulnerable to violence. Marginalized girls include Aboriginal, immigrant/refugee girls, lesbians, and girls with disabilities. The project focuses on convening roundtable discussions with service providers dealing with each of these populations. One of the aims of the project is to develop a multi-sectoral alliance involving service providers who deal with marginalized populations so as to facilitate an exchange of information and generate analyses and policy recommendations. The final report is available here. 2000 The Trial of Kelly Ellard The FREDA Centre and Justice for Girls monitored the Kelly Ellard trial since it began on March 6, 2000, and were available to comment on the trial’s proceedings once the verdict was given. Justice for Girls is a non-profit organization that promotes support, justice, and equality for low-income and street-involved teenage girls who have experienced violence. FREDA and Justice for Girls intend to combine their observations of the trial with their academic and community expertise, to produce a report that will analyze how young women are treated by the justice system. The perspectives of several young women who have been monitoring this trial as part of the internship program at Justice for Girls, will also be included. On Friday March 31, 2000 the jury found Ellard guilty of second-degree murder in the killing Reena Virk, a 14-year-old girl of south Asian origin, who was brutally beaten and murdered in Saanich, BC, on November 14, 1997. A group of six girls were charged with Virk’s assault and Warren Glowatski was convicted of second-degree murder last June. Analysis of the Ellard trial is part of FREDA's work on the second phase of the Violence Prevention and Girl Child project funded by Status of Women Canada. FREDA's focus in this second phase is to analyze the specific vulnerabilities of immigrant and refugee girls, and girls of colour. 1999 Violence Prevention and the Girl Child - Phase 1 As part of its national violence prevention initiative, Status of Women Canada funded the Alliance of Five Research Centres on Violence (AFRCV) - of which the FREDA Centre is a member - to produce a national action plan on violence prevention and the girl child. According to Canadian national standards, the "girl child" is any girl or young woman under the age of 18 years (19 years in BC). Concentrating on the region in which it is located, each of the violence research centres will examine specific programs that service the needs of girls/young women who have experienced violence, as well as analyzing specific violence-related issues. The first phase report is available here. The FREDA Centre has focused on the issues of eating disorders, sexual exploitation, and trafficking, as well as the experiences of marginalized girls. In addition, the Centre conducted focus groups with service providers and young women/girls as part of its contribution to this national initiative. Reviews of the literature on eating disorders, the sex trade and trafficking, and marginalized girls have been published by the Centre and are listed here. A more comprehensive review of the literature on eating disorders has been completed by the FREDA Centre for Health Canada. 1998 Rural Women and Violence In March 1998, the FREDA Centre undertook a project, funded by the federal Department of Justice, to examine the impact of violence on women living in rural communities. The project was completed with the assistance of community-based researchers in two rural areas of BC. It entailed interviews with women survivors of violence, as well as focus groups with service providers and community leaders. The results of this study are available here. Immigrant Women and Violence-Related Health Care The FREDA Centre received a grant from the BC Centre of Excellence for Women's Health to develop a framework document for the delivery of violence-related health care information and services to immigrant women from racialized communities. This project has just begun and involves a critical analysis of existing studies, as well as focus groups with service providers and immigrant women. The Impact of Bill C-46 on the Provision of Health Care to Survivors of Violence A seed grant from the BC Centre of Excellence for Women's Health enabled the FREDA Centre to continue its policy analysis project, this time focusing on the impact of the privacy shield legislation in terms of records disclosure on health care providers who deal with women survivors of violence. The project entails an analysis of case law, challenges to the existing law, and interviews with service providers dealing with women who have experienced violence. The findings of the project can be found in the following report which may be purchased from the FREDA Centre: Denike, Margaret and Sal Renshaw. (1999) "Legislating Unreasonable Doubt: Bill C-46, Personal Records Disclosure and Sexual Equality." Policies and Actions The Centre's extensive project analyzing the impact of regional and federal policies on women and children leaving abusive relationships, received further financial support from the Vancouver Foundation. With the combined assistance received thus far from Status of Women Canada BC/Yukon Region, and the Vancouver Foundation, the FREDA Centre will continue to generate critical analyses of policies, and will be convening focus groups around the province to assess the impact of these policies. Some of the analyses resulting from this project can be found in the following reports available from the FREDA Centre: Chambers, Susan. (1998) "An Analysis of Trends Concerning Violence Against Women: A Preliminary Case Study of Vancouver." Denike, Margaret and Sal Renshaw. (1999) "Legislating Unreasonable Doubt: Bill C-46, Personal Records Disclosure and Sexual Equality." Janovicek, Nancy. (2000) "On the Margins of a Fraying Social Safety Net: Aboriginal, Immigrant & Refugee Women's Access to Welfare Benefits." Jiwani, Yasmin and Lawrence Buhagiar. (1997) "Policing Violence against Women in Relationships: An Examination of Police Response to Violence against Women in British Columbia." Kachuk, Patricia. (1998) "Sentencing Reforms and Women Survivors of Men's Violence: Why Women Should Care." Suleman, Zara and Holly McLarty. (1997) "Falling Through the Gaps: Gaps in Services for Young Women Survivors of Sexual Assault." Wilmshurst, Susan. (1997) "The Violence against Women in Relationships Policy: A Pre- and Post-Policy Examination of the Outcomes of Spousal Assault Reports in Penticton, BC." Fundraising and the Potential for Institutional Partnerships The FREDA Centre is a member of the Vancouver Women's Fund (VWF) which is a grassroots fundraising organization representing fourteen different women's groups. The Vancouver Women's Fund has just completed a project, facilitated by the FREDA Centre, on the potential of institutional partnerships with women's organizations which are involved in issues concerning violence prevention. The study is available here. Aboriginal Women's Action Network The FREDA Centre also participates on the advisory committee of the Aboriginal Women's Action Network's (AWAN) project on the impact of Bill C-31 on Aboriginal women. This innovative project was designed to document the impact of Bill C-31 and generate recommendations for change. The project is funded by Status of Women Canada, BC/Yukon Region. The final report is available from: Aboriginal Women's Action Network, c/o Vancouver Status of Women, 309 - 877 E. Hastings Street, Vancouver, BC V6A 3Y1. OTHER ONGOING PROJECTS Reviewing the court harassment of women who are involved in custody and access disputes (with the Vancouver Association of Women and the Law). This project is complete, with the following final reports available from the FREDA Centre: Charlesworth, Sonya. (1999) "Constructing Abuse: The Experiences of Mothers and Court-ordered Child Custody and Access Assessments." Goundry, Sandra. (1998) "Final Report on Court-related Harassment and Family Law Justice." The impact of disasters on services for women survivors of violence, a joint project of the BC Institute Against Family Violence and the Centre for Disaster Preparedness. This project is complete, with the following report available from the FREDA Centre: Enarson, Elaine. (1998) "Responding to Domestice Violence and Disaster: Guidelines for Women's Services and Disaster Practitioners" FREDA frequently convenes round-table discussions with front line workers, academics and policy makers to discuss policies impacting on survivors of violence, as well as to discuss recommendations emanating from inquests and inquiries stemming from particular violence-related incidents. These recommendations are forwarded to the relevant federal and provincial government departments. B. FREDA'S ACTIVITIES: AN OVERVIEW FREDA has published 22 research reports, produced a video, and supported the publication of 5 other works. See FREDA Publications. In addition, FREDA's associated faculty publish research on violence in scholarly and popular journals. C. CONSULTATIONS, CONFERENCES, and PANELS Consultations Dr. Yasmin Jiwani, Executive Coordinator was invited to attend on behalf of the FREDA Centre, the following consultations: 2000 Listening to Community Voices: Consultation with Victims, Survivors and Victim Service Deliverers in BC. Invited by the Victim Services Division, Community Justice Branch, Ministry of Attorney General. Vancouver, June 8 & 9, 2000. Consultation on Hosting an International Tribunal Concerning Canada's Compliance with Various International Instruments. Convened by the Ministry of Multiculturalism and Citizenship in partnership with the BC Human Rights Coalition and the Vancouver Alliance Against the Sexual Exploitation of Children & Youth. Vancouver, March 24, 2000. Regional Roundtable on Child Victims and Children under the Age of 12 Who Offend, organized by the Justice Institute of BC for the Department of Justice Canada and the BC Ministry of Attorney General, Victim Services Division. Vancouver, May 15 & 16, 2000. Consultation on Alternative Measures with the Attorney General of British Columbia and the Ministry of Women's Equality. Victoria, June 28, 2000. Roundtable with Dianne Hubbard, Coordinator of the Gender Research Project, Windhoek, Namibia. Organized by the FREDA Centre and Status of Women Canada, BC/Yukon Region. SFU Harbour Centre, June 14, 2000. Aboriginal Women's Action Network Panel on Restorative Justice. Vancouver, June 30, 2000. Consultation on Canada's Compliance with the Convention on the Rights of the Child, organized by the Society for Children and Youth of BC. Vancouver, September 28, 2000. Consultation with the UN Special Rapporteur on migrants, organized by Direct Action Against Refugee Exploitation (DAARE). Vancouver, September 25, 2000. Public launch of a video on raising awareness of sexual assault among youth. Released by the Victoria Sexual Assault Centre. Vancouver, September 13, 2000. The Centre's Executive Coordinator was invited to be an expert panel member for the Canadian Health Network Affiliate Partners on Violence. CHN Affiliate Partners on Violence include: Education Wife Assault, the BC Institute Against Family Violence, and the National Clearinghouse on Family Violence. In collecting the relevant data for our SWC-funded project on the girl child, the Centre's Executive Coordinator liaised with a number of different organizations including the Affiliation of Multicultural Societies and Service Agencies (AMSSA), the Immigrant Services Society (ISS), and Vancouver Lower Mainland Multicultural Family Support Services. Through the research project on marginalized girls, funded by the National Crime Prevention Mobilization Fund, the Centre networked with a wide group of service agencies involved in the delivery of services to marginalized girls and youth as a whole. These included organizations dealing with youth with disabilities, street-involved youth, gay youth and racialized youth. Conferences The FREDA Centre has been represented at a number of conferences on issues concerning violence against women and children. Centre staff and Advisory Committee members have delivered the following presentations and workshops at these conferences: 2000 Jiwani, Yasmin. Violence in Rural Communities, at "Gaining Ground: Women, Mining, and the Environment," organized by the Yukon Conservation Society and the Yukon Status of Women Council, Whitehorse, September 15-17, 2000. Jiwani, Yasmin. Historical and Contemporary Discourses of Racism, for the Aboriginal Women's Action Network Working Group, First Nations Education Centre, Vancouver, April 14, 2000. Jiwani, Yasmin. Violence Prevention and the Girl Child, for the Federal Family Violence Prevention Initiative Regional Roundtable, Vancouver, April 26, 2000. Jiwani, Yasmin. Keynote presentation: Violence Prevention and the Girl Child, at "Young Women Speak Out," organized by the New Westminster Women in Action group. Justice Institute of BC, New Westminster, April 27, 2000. Jiwani, Yasmin. Keynote presentation: Intersecting Oppressions at "Taking Charge - Empowerment of Minority Women," a conference organized by the Penticton and District Multicultural Society, Penticton, May 19, 2000. Jiwani, Yasmin. Plenary panel presentation: Changing Institutional Agendas, at "Removing Barriers II: Keeping Canadian Values in Health Care, Inclusion, Diversity, and Social Justice in Health," co-sponsored by Providence Health Care and the Canadian Council on Multicultural Health, Vancouver, May 25-27, 2000. Jiwani, Yasmin with Viola Thomas, Raminder Dosanjh, Cynthia Low & Rosalind Savary. Plenary panel presentation: How Far Have We Come Towards Meeting the Needs of Women from Diverse Backgrounds, at the Tenth International Nursing Network Conference: "Ending Violence Against Women: Setting the Agenda for the Next Millennium," Vancouver, June 2, 2000. Jiwani, Yasmin. Facilitator. "CRIAW Conference on Feminist Research, Action and Change: Participatory Forum," Ottawa, November 17 & 18, 2000. 1999 Bain, Penny The Role of Mental Health Professionals in Assessing Allegations of Domestic Violence in Custody and Access Proceedings. Association of Family and Conciliation Courts Conference, Vancouver, BC, June 3, 1999. Henderson, A.D. & J.R. Ericksen Creating Supportive Home Environments for Child Witnesses to the Abuse of their Mothers. BC Institute on Family Violence conference, "Creating a Legacy of Hope: An International Conference on Children Exposed to Domestic Violence," Vancouver, November 1999. Jackson, Margaret A. Sexual Abuse and the Justice System for Children: Factors in Decision-Making. Keynote Workshop, British Columbia Foster Parents Association, Annual Meetings, May 6-8, 1999, Victoria, BC. Jackson, Margaret A. Elder Abuse and Child Abuse: Comparisons for the Prevention of Victimization of Older Adults. Friesen Conference Workshop, May 12-13, 1999, Vancouver, BC. (Summary published in GRC News, August, 1999.) Jackson, Margaret A. The ‘Risky’ Business of Child Abuse Assessments in British Columbia. Presented at the Psychology and law International Conference, Dublin, Ireland, July 6-9, 1999. Jackson, Margaret A. Different Risks / Different Standards? Assessments of Child Abuse in Custody and Access Cases. Presented at the Conference on Risk Assessment and Risk Management: Implications for the Prevention of Violence, Vancouver, BC, November 17-19, 1999. Jiwani, Yasmin & Zara Suleman The Canadian Girl Child, at the Race, Gender, and Ethnicity Symposium organized by the Ruth Wynn Woodward Chair, Women’s Studies, Simon Fraser University and the Burnaby Multicultural Society, February 17, 1999. Jiwani, Yasmin Violence Prevention and the Canadian Girl Child, at the Federal Interdepartmental Information Meeting organized by Status of Women Canada, Ottawa, February 25, 1999. Jiwani, Yasmin and Cynthia Farnsworth The Bridging Program, at the Bridging Communities conference on Celebration, Collaborations, and Inquiry, organized by the Pacific Youth Society, March 5, 1999. Jiwani, Yasmin Results of a National Exploration of Violence Against Girls: The BC/Yukon Reality, presented at the regional interdepartmental Family Violence Initiative meeting, organized by Status of Women Canada, BC/Yukon Region, March 5, 1999. Jiwani, Yasmin International Perspectives on Trafficking and Sexual Exploitation, at the "It’s a Crime! An Act Local, Think Global Conference on the Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children and Youth." Organized by the Vancouver Coalition for Children and Youth, Wall Conference Centre, Vancouver, BC, May 1, 1999. Jiwani, Yasmin Panel presentation on Race, Gender and the Media, for the National Association for Asian Professionals, Harbour Centre, Simon Fraser University, May 21, 1999. Jiwani, Yasmin Violence and Vulnerability of Girls from Diverse Cultures to Sexual Exploitation, to the Burnaby Municipal Task Force on Sexual Exploitation, Shadbolt Centre, Burnaby, BC, June 16, 1999. Jiwani, Yasmin Media, Race, Gender, and Violence. Presentation to the SUCCESS Youth Leadership Program, Vancouver, BC, July 17, 1999. Jiwani, Yasmin Presentation on the Results of Phase I - A National Portrait of Violence Prevention and the Girl Child, to the Muriel McQueen Fergusson Centre’s working group on the Girl Child Project. August 26, 1999. Jiwani, Yasmin Panel Presentation on Minorities and Policing, Justice Institute of BC, New Westminster, BC, September 25, 1999. Jiwani, Yasmin Keynote Presentation, Empowering Victims - A Race-Gender Analysis, at the Victim Assistance Conference, Richmond, BC, October 19, 1999. Jiwani Yasmin, Annabel Webb & Renata Aebi Workshop Presentation on Justice for Girls, at the Legal Education & Action Fund (LEAF) Conference on Transforming Women, November 5, 1999. Jiwani, Yasmin Cross Cultural Analysis of Risk Assessment Tools, at the Risk Assessment Conference, organized by the BC Institute Against Family Violence, Vancouver, November 18, 1999. Jiwani, Yasmin Workshop on Race, Gender and Body Image, for Colour Connected, UBC Students Group, November 23, 1999. Jiwani, Yasmin Moderator for the panel on Children who witness violence from a cross-cultural perspective, at the Legacy of Hope conference organized by the BC Institute Against Family Violence and the BC/Yukon Society of Transition Houses, November 18, 1999. Thobani, Sunera Bordering Immigrant Women: Race, Migration and Citizenship in the 1990s, presented at The Centre for Feminist Legal Studies, University of British Columbia, February, 1999. Thobani, Sunera Women Take on Globalization, for the Vancouver Status of Women, Vancouver, January, 1999. Thorne, S., S. Reimer-Kirkham & A. Henderson Philosophic Approaches to the Science of Nursing: The Role of Paradigm Discourse, at the Philosophical Inquiry in Nursing Workshop held in conjunction with the International Nursing Research Conference, Edmonton, Alberta, 1999. Ward-Hall, Carol Elder Abuse Statistics. Burnaby Health Unit, Burnaby, BC, February 2, 1999. Ward-Hall, Carol Elder Abuse. Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, BC, March 8, 1999. Ward-Hall, Carol Elder Abuse. Canadian Association of Gerontologists, Toronto, Ontario, March 22, 1999. Ward-Hall, Carol Adult Guardianship Legislation. Greater Vancouver Community Meeting, Vancouver, BC, April 9, 1999. Ward-Hall, Carol Eliminating Elder Abuse. Delivered at the Key Players in the Community Conference, Chilliwack, BC, April 16, 1999. Ward-Hall, Carol Panel presentation on Legal and Ethical Issues of Abuse to Seniors. Gerontology Research Conferences, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, BC, May 12, 1999. Ward-Hall, Carol Workshop on Senior Abuse. Indo-Canadian Seniors Group, Surrey Sunrise Seniors’ Centre, Surrey, BC, July 21, 1999. Ward-Hall, Carol Abuse of Seniors. BC Government Employees Union, Vancouver, BC, September 13, 1999. 1998 Angela Henderson Assessing for Abuse and Intervening Effectively. A two-day workshop for physicians and other health care professionals, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Angela Henderson Creating an Integrated Community Response to Domestic Violence. A Child Protection Division one-day workshop in Stockport, UK. Angela Henderson Guest lectures in various undergraduate and graduate nursing classes on woman abuse, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC. Angela Henderson The Influence of Personal, Professional and Environmental Factors on Nurses' Abilities to Work Effectively with Abused Women. A presentation at the Nursing Network on Violence against Women Conference, Austin, Texas. Yasmin Jiwani Community and Academic Partnerships: Participatory Action Research. Presented in Dr. Karlene Faith's course, SFU Main Campus. Yasmin Jiwani The FREDA Centre: Making the Links. Presented at the Women Speak Institute, Douglas College, New Westminster, BC. Yasmin Jiwani Participatory Action Research and the FREDA Centre. A presentation to the University of Victoria Women's Studies Department, Victoria, BC. Yasmin Jiwani Research in Action: The FREDA Centre and its Work. Presented to the Greater Vancouver Crisis and Suicide Prevention Centre, Vancouver, BC. Yasmin Jiwani Research in Action: The FREDA Centre and its Work. Presented in Dr. Sunera Thobani's course on Violence against Women, SFU, Harbour Centre. Yasmin Jiwani Violence Prevention and the Girl Child. Presented at the Revenue Canada Taxation Centre, Surrey, BC. Carol Ward-Hall Workshops on Senior Abuse. Held at Burnaby General Hospital, Comox Valley, Dawson Creek, the 411 Seniors' Centre, Kamloops, Kelowna, Nanaimo, Nelson, Penticton, Prince George, Prince Rupert, St. Paul's Hospital, the VanCity Council Seniors' Advisory, the Vancouver General Hospital, and in Victoria, BC. Zara Suleman Violence Prevention and the Girl Child. The keynote speech at the Annual General Meeting of the Canadian Federation of University Women. 1997 Lawrence Buhagiar The Violence against Women in Relationships Policy. Presented at Coordinating our Response: A Continuum of Services for Stopping Violence against Women in Relationships. Organized by The British Columbia Association of Counsellors of Abusive Men, October 25, Vancouver. Angela Henderson Abuse of Women in Intimate Relationships: Health Care Implications and Interventions. Health care Professionals' Conference guest lecturer, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Manchester, UK. Angela Henderson Abuse of Women in Intimate Relationships: Planning a Community Response. Heaton Norris Working group on Domestic Violence guest lecturer, Stockport, UK. Angela Henderson Abuse of Women in Intimate Relationships: Planning a Community Response. A one-day workshop for the Powell River BC Working Group on Domestic Violence. Angela Henderson Conducting Research in Sensitive Topic Areas such as Violence. UBC School of Nursing, Master's students' guest lecturer. Angela Henderson The Dynamics of Woman Abuse: Nursing Care of Survivors of Domestic Violence. UBC School of Nursing, third-year students' guest lecturer March & November. Angela Henderson and Janet Ericksen Parenting Support as an Intervention to meet the needs of Child Witnesses to the Abuse of their Mothers. Ethel Johns Research Day, Sigma Theta Tau, BC Institute of Technology, Vancouver. Angela Henderson and Janet Ericksen Support Groups for Survivors of Woman Abuse: A Research Study. Nursing Network on Violence against Women International, Eighth International Conference, Charleston, West Virginia. Margaret Jackson Workshop on Policy Analysis, at Meeting the Cross-Cultural Challenge, a conference held on April 15, organized by the BC Association of Social Workers, Multiculturalism, and Anti-racism Committee, and the BC Institute Against Family Violence, Vancouver. Yasmin Jiwani Barriers to Equality: The Status of Women in Canada. Presented at the Unity in Diversity workshop, organized by the Unity in Diversity Committee, Coquitlam, BC, November 7. Yasmin Jiwani Culture, Violence and Inequality. Keynote address at Meeting the Cross-Cultural Challenge, a conference held on April 15, organized by the BC Association of Social Workers, Multiculturalism, and Anti-racism Committee, and the BC Institute Against Family Violence, Vancouver. Yasmin Jiwani Feminism, Anti-Racism, and Multiculturalism. Presented at Looking Out to Reach Within, a two-day symposium organized by the Vancouver Status of Women, April 12-13. Yasmin Jiwani The FREDA Centre: Past, Present, and Future. Presented at the Women in Print Lecture Series, April 29, Vancouver, BC. Organized by the Women in Print Bookstore and Collective. Yasmin Jiwani The FREDA Centre: The Role of Research. A presentation at the Prevention and Intervention Strategies for Family Violence in Aboriginal Communities organized by the Pacific Association of First Nations Women, Vancouver, October 30. Yasmin Jiwani The Intersections of Race and Gender in the Media. Panel presentation on the media organized by the Department of Journalism Langara College, and Canadian Heritage, April 3, Vancouver. Yasmin Jiwani Workshop on The Intersection of Race and Gender. Held at the BC Provincial Judges' Conference on The Court in a Multicultural Society: Fairness and Impartiality in Decision Making, Nov. 19-21, Vancouver, organized by the Equality Committee of the Provincial Court Judges' of British Columbia. 1996 Margaret Jackson Keynote Address on Child Abuse. International Conference on Family Violence, Universidad Bar Ilan, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Yasmin Jiwani Frontline Perspectives on Women Survivors of Violence and their Experiences with the Canadian Criminal Justice System. Presented at the Sino-Canadian Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Workshop, organized by the International Centre for Criminal Law Reform and Criminal Justice Policy, Vancouver. Yasmin Jiwani Media Representations of Women in Racialized Minorities. Presented at the Thin Edge of the Wedge Conference on the Erosion of Equality Rights in Canada. Organized by the December 9th Coalition, in conjunction with the Court Challenges Program, Vancouver. Yasmin Jiwani Moderator for panel on Women of the South Talking Back, held at the Internationalizing the Curriculum Conference, organized by BC Communities International Education, Vancouver. Yasmin Jiwani Pornography: The Personal and Political Dilemma. A panel presentation organized by the Women's Centre, Simon Fraser University. Yasmin Jiwani The Treatment of Hate Crimes in the Mainstream Media. Presented at the Hate Crimes Symposium, organized by the BC Coalition on Human Rights, Vancouver. Jennifer Koshan The Public/Private Distinction: Violence and the Invisibility of Aboriginal Women. A panel presentation on the Public and Private Split, Green College, University of British Columbia. 1995 Angela Henderson Parenting Support Groups as a Strategy to Meet the Needs of Children who have Witnessed the Abuse of their Mothers. Presented at the Seventh International Conference on Violence against Women, St. Louis, Missouri. Angela Henderson Pre-conference Workshops on the use of Support Groups with abused Women. Conducted at the Seventh International Conference on Violence against Women, St. Louis, Missouri. Margaret Jackson The FREDA Model: Participatory Action Research. Presented at a conference on Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Family Violence, Richmond, BC. Yasmin Jiwani On the Outskirts of Empire: Women of Colour in Canadian Television. Presented at the Race, Gender and the Construction of Canada Conference, University of British Columbia. Carol Ward-Hall Issues affecting Refugee and Immigrant Women in Transition Houses. Panel on Violence against Women, organized by the Immigration and Refugee Board. 1994 Margaret Jackson Methodology and Practice: Violence against Women Research. Conference on Family Violence, BC Institute Against Family Violence, Vancouver. Jennifer Koshan Sexual Assault in International Law: A Legal and Historical Perspective. Presented at the Canadian Women's Studies Association Meeting, Learned Societies Conference. Jennifer Koshan Women's Rights as Human Rights, and Sexual Assault under the Geneva Convention. Presented at the Women's Caucus, Canadian Association of Schools of Social Work, Learned Societies Conference. Veronica Strong-Boag Too Much is Not Enough: The Paradox of Power for Feminist Academics working with Community Feminists on Issues Related to Violence. Presented at the Social Science Federation of Canada Symposium, Calgary. 1993 Karlene Faith Community and Academic Feminisms: A Consortium Approach to Dialogue. Presented to the Canadian Sociology and Anthropology annual meeting, Learned Societies, Ottawa. Angela Henderson and J.R. Ericksen Increasing Perinatal Nurses' Effectiveness when working with Abused Women. Presented at Tomorrow's Family: A Conference of Perinatal Caregivers, Vancouver. Angela Henderson and J.R. Ericksen Unrealized Potential: The Nurse's Role in Family Violence. Presented at the Fourth International Conference on Violence, Orlando, Florida. Angela Henderson and B. Kennedy The Development of Guidelines to Facilitate Nurses' Successful Intervention with Abused Women. Presented at the Fourth International Conference on Violence against Women, Orlando, Florida. Yasmin Jiwani Women of Colour and Poverty. Presented at the Poverty: Feminist Perspectives conference, organized by the Centre for Research in Women's Studies and Gender Relations, University of British Columbia. 1992 Angela Henderson with J.R. Ericksen and C. Shalansky Child Witnesses to Violence between Parents. Poster presentation at the Child Health 2000 Conference, Vancouver. Margaret Jackson Child Sexual Abuse Cases: Process and Treatment. Plenary discussant, International Congress on Mental Health and the Law, Vancouver. Margaret Jackson Women, Mental Health, and Policy. Plenary co-organizer, Chair, and Discussant. International Congress on Mental Health and the Law, Vancouver. FREDA has been represented at the following conferences: 1997 Advisory meeting of the Women and Mediation Project, Toronto. 1996 Gender and its Impact on Children, Centre for Research in Women's Studies and Gender Relations, University of British Columbia. North West Conference on Family Violence, Winnipeg, Manitoba. Praxis Nexus Conference, Victoria, BC. (Participants focused on community responses and mobilization to oppose violence against women.) Qualitative Health Research Conference, Bournemouth, England. 1995 Race, Gender and the Construction of Canada, University of British Columbia. 1994 Battered Women Syndrome, a workshop on Criminal Justice Responses to Wife Assault, University of Toronto. 1993 Meeting of the Committee to Develop Domestic Violence Procedures for United Nations' Consideration. Co-sponsored by the Ministry of Justice and the International Centre for Criminal Law Reform and Criminal Justice Policy, Vancouver. Poverty: Feminist Perspectives, University of British Columbia. 1992 First Meeting of the United Nations Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, Vienna, Austria. FREDA Co-sponsored the following Conferences, Workshops and Panels: 1996 Panel on Violence against Women on the Indian Subcontinent, with the India Mahila Association and Langara College, Vancouver. Panels on the Economic Cost of Violence, with OXFAM Canada. 1995 Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Family Violence: Immigrant and Refugee Issues, Richmond, BC. Stopping the Violence: Changing Families, Changing Futures, Vancouver. 1994 Social and Legal Issues on Feminist Horizons, Simon Fraser University, Harbour Centre, Vancouver. FREDA Sponsored the following Events: 1997 Launch of the Book Broken Teapots, with the Vancouver Public Library. 1996 Conference Gathering of Community Researchers working on Violence against Women and Children, Simon Fraser University, Harbour Centre. December 6th Commemorative Event, Simon Fraser University, Harbour Centre.