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WOMENS OUTREACH [3 records]

Record 1 2021-05-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Organizations, Administrative Units and Committees
  • Sexology
  • Sociology of Women
OBS

SWAN is one of only two organizations in Canada providing culturally-specialized supports and advocacy to im/migrant women engaged in indoor sex work. The diverse voices and ongoing resilience of these communities of women fuel SWAN’s mission to change the social and political narratives that racialize, misdefine, exclude and otherwise harm them.

OBS

In December 2002, the outreach workers formed the Sex Workers Action Network(SWAN). In 2008, SWAN incorporated as a non-profit society [and] changed [its] name to Supporting Women's Alternatives Network to ensure the inclusion of im/migrant women who do sex work but do not self-identify as sex workers.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes, unités administratives et comités
  • Sexologie
  • Sociologie des femmes

Spanish

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Record 2 2017-08-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Organizations, Administrative Units and Committees
  • Social Problems
  • Sociology of Women
OBS

The Golden Women's Centre Society is a registered non-profit charity, dedicated to the safety and empowerment of women. The GWRC provides a secure environment, support, information and resources and sense of community. The Society also provides outreach services, education and advocacy for women and the issues that affect them.

Key term(s)
  • Golden Women's Center Society
  • Golden Women's Resource Center

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes, unités administratives et comités
  • Problèmes sociaux
  • Sociologie des femmes
Key term(s)
  • Golden Women's Center Society
  • Golden Women's Resource Center

Spanish

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Record 3 2011-12-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Non-Gov. Provincial Bodies and Committees (Canadian)
  • Sociology of Old Age
OBS

OCSCO is a provincial organization and a registered charity. Founded in 1986, our mission is to improve the quality of life for Ontario's seniors through offering educational programs, information and referral, research and policy development, outreach and other programs.... OCSCO is community-based and not-for-profit and includes organizations representing seniors, ethnocultural, health, native, recreational, retiree, disability and women's organizations.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités provinciaux non gouv. canadiens
  • Sociologie de la vieillesse

Spanish

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