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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