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Status of Women committee It can make a whole change in these women's lives: it can provide them with security, once and for all. That is what changes like that can do. Security exists at several levels. We talked about financial security, and security to escape coercive control. There is also the securi
February 15th, 2022Committee meeting
Chantal Arseneault
Status of Women committee Yes, exactly. One of the most difficult challenges that immigrant women face is that they don't know the country or the language and they are not yet entirely integrated. Their spouse is exercising coercive control over them and telling them a load of things, for example, that th
February 15th, 2022Committee meeting
Chantal Arseneault
Status of Women committee The first difficulty for these women stems from their status. These women often arrive here with the status of spouse or sponsored immigrant, and that is a real barrier. They also have to have an income. Women who arrive here whose status is not settled, have no income. We talke
February 15th, 2022Committee meeting
Chantal Arseneault
Status of Women committee Yes, we are short of money at present. Our association includes 44 shelters spread throughout Quebec. Yes, the urban and rural situations are very different. We need consolidated funding. Shelter services are very important, but the needs for non-residential consultations and cr
February 15th, 2022Committee meeting
Chantal Arseneault
Status of Women committee What we do is entirely adapted to each child's situation. You have to understand that the children who come into the shelters have suffered a shock, after witnessing crises. We give them space to allow them to be children again. We try to translate what they have experienced into
February 15th, 2022Committee meeting
Chantal Arseneault
Status of Women committee Good afternoon, ladies and gentleman. Thank you for the invitation to appear today. The team at the Regroupement des maisons pour femmes victimes de violence conjugale was very interested to read the report entitled “The Shadow Pandemic: Stopping Coercive and Controlling Behavio
February 15th, 2022Committee meeting
Chantal Arseneault
Status of Women committee Maison L'Esther, located in Laval, has 12 shelter spaces, and the occupancy rate is always over 95%. According to the statistics over the past few months, two women out of three are turned away from shelters. That's a lot. I'm also president of the Regroupement des maisons pour
October 31st, 2018Committee meeting
Chantal Arseneault
Status of Women committee Yes, at Maison L'Esther, we have been carrying out a project in that direction for a few years.
October 31st, 2018Committee meeting
Chantal Arseneault
Status of Women committee Maison L'Esther's project has a goal to increase the number of spaces. However, we are having trouble obtaining permits for expansion or finding adequate land. In reality, in addition to fulfilling my task, I must also search for land.
October 31st, 2018Committee meeting
Chantal Arseneault
Status of Women committee That is one of the first things we do when they arrive at the shelter. We reassure those women and their children by telling them that they are not responsible for the domestic violence. The person responsible is the violent husband. The consequences of violence against women ar
October 31st, 2018Committee meeting
Chantal Arseneault
Status of Women committee In Laval and several other regions of Quebec, we are lucky that our groups work together. That is the best way to ensure the safety of women and children. When shelters and women turn to police officers, it is important for them to be present, but it is also important for all pa
October 31st, 2018Committee meeting
Chantal Arseneault
Status of Women committee Good afternoon. Thank you for having us today. My name is Chantal Arseneault, and I work at the Regroupement des maisons pour femmes victimes de violence conjugale. The Regroupement has been around for 40 years. Its members are fighting for the right to women's psychological an
October 31st, 2018Committee meeting
Chantal Arseneault