resources

Maart, Rozena. Violence Against Women of Colour. Ottawa: The Canadian Panel on Violence Against Women, 1993.

National Organization of Immigrant and Visible Minority Women. 251 Bank Street, Suite 506, Ottawa, Ontario, K2P 1X3, 613-232-0689.

Rafiq, Fauzia, ed. Towards Equal Access: A Handbook for Service Providers Working with Immigrant Women Survivors of Wife Assault. 1991. Available from: Education Wife Assault, 427 Bloor Street West, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 1 X7, 416-968-3422.

Shin, Maria and Michele Kerisit. Violence Against Immigrant and Racial Minority Women: Speaking with Our Voice, Organizing from our Experience. National Organization of Immigrant and Visible Minority Women, 1992.

Wekbe, Kathy. Violence Against Immigrant Women and Children. Vancouver: Vancouver Rape Crisis Centre, 1985.

Rural Women

Naomi Society for Victims of Family Violence. A Holistic Response to the Victims of Family Violence in a Rural Environment. Antigonish, NS, 1990.

Jennifer Watts. Cultivating our Rural Communities: Farm Women Organizing. Saskatoon: Oxfam and National Farmers Union, 1990.

Differently-Abled Women

DisAbled Women's Network of Canada (DAWN), 658 Danforth Avenue, Suite 203, Toronto, Ontario, M4J 1L1, 416-406-1080; 416-406-1081 (TDD).

Doucette, Joanne. Violent Acts Against Disabled Women. Toronto: DisAbled Women's Network, 1987.

Masuda, Shirley with Jillian Ridington. Meeting Our Needs: Access Manual for Transition Houses. DAWN Canada, June 1990.

McPherson, Cathy. "Out of Sight, Out of Mind: Violence Against Women with Disabilities," Canadian Women's Studies Journal. vol. 11, no. 4 (Summer 1991).

Ridington, Jillian. Beating the Odds: Violence and Women with Disabilities. Toronto: DisAbled Women's Network, 1989.

Lesbian Women

Garber, Linda, ed. Tilting the Tower. New York: Routledge. This book looks at the status of lesbians in education and has strategies for including lesbian experience in the curriculum.