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YWCA releases manual for women facing violence Legal Pathways book part of a push for national action plan 8 Tuesday April 21 2015 JUSTICE FAMILY VIOLENCE Please leave a message at 872-5543 for details. WESCLEAN NORTHERN SALES LTD. Ph 867 875-5100 Fax 867 875-5155 Avalon Cat Hair - long Size - medium Gender - female Avalon is a very loving and beautiful cat. She is spayed and is up-to-date with all her shots.If you think you have a home for a Avalon please call the shelter at 872-5543. Please leave a message at 872-5543 for details. WESCLEAN NORTHERN SALES LTD. Ph 867 875-5100 Fax 867 875-5155 E-mail infowescleannwt.com web www.wescleannwt.com Avalon Cat Hair - long Size - medium Gender - female Avalon is a very loving and beautiful cat. She is spayed and is up-to-date with all her shots.If you think you have a home for a Avalon please call the shelter at 872-5543. Please leave a message at 872-5543 for details. WESCLEAN NORTHERN SALES LTD. Ph 867 875-5100 Fax 867 875-5155 E-mail infowescleannwt.com web www.wescleannwt.com Avalon Cat Hair - long Size - medium Gender - female Avalon is a very loving and beautiful cat. She is spayed and is up-to-date with all her shots.If you think you have a home for a Avalon please call the shelter at 872-5543. SpayedNeutered Up-to-datewithroutineshots House trained MinnieFemaleAdult Grey and white Looking for a new home Minnie was a very scared shy cat when she first came in. She had been kept in a bedroom and was not socialized. She has come a long way but will require some patience to gain her trust. She is a great cat just not good with other animals. Soaring Eagle Friendship Centre is seeking a highly motivated individual for the Executive Director Position DUTIES including but not limited to the following Establish and maintain an excellent working relationship with community territorial and federal governments Ensure all funds that are raised for the Friendship Centre and other fundraising initiatives are deposited in the centre fundraising account Ensure all reporting requirements are met as per contribution agreements for various programs that have been funded Ensure that all program coordinators are following their programs work plans Process record and monitor all financial transactions of the Friendship Centre using Sage Accounting Prepare monthly invoice for various programs Track employee hours i.e. annual leave etc. Identity training needs and direct staff to undertake such training upon board approval Represent the Boards of Directors at meetings and advise Board of Directors Review and recommend to the Board of Directors all capital expenditures Comply with all government statutes policies and ordinances that may require reports to be submitted Supervise all core and program staff. Arrange for meeting with board or staff as required or directed Overall the Executive Director is in charge of the management and day to day operations of a non-profit organization Establish and maintain an excellent working relationship with Friendship Centres auditor and ensure that the Annual Executive Directors report is submitted to the National Association of Friendship Centre andor other appointed agency Assist all program staff in completing their program monthly activityquarterly reports and submitted to funding agency prior to reporting deadlines Prepare and submit all monthly quarterly mid-year and year end reports to funding agenciesdepartments. QUALIFICATIONS A minimum of 2 years experience in office management and administration Ability to make rational decisions in areas of policy program and financial management Capable of working with little supervision Excellent written and verbal communication Excellent proposal and budget development Excellent supervisory and interpersonal skills Willing to travel Strong accounting background and excellent working knowledge of Sage Accounting Criminal record check References required. SALARY Annual salary will depend on qualifications experience and performance. APPLICATION DEADLINE April 30 2015 Please submit a resume along with a cover letter to Email soaringeaglefcnorthwestel.net Fax 867874-3362 Mail Soaring Eagle Friendship Centre 2-8 Gagnier Street Hay River NT XOE IGI By DALI CARMICHAEL Women in the NWT living with family violence now have an easy-to-use resource to turn to should they decide to take action against their abuser. The newly released Legal Pathways - Spousal Violence in the NWT A resource for women was developed by Lani Cooke a consultant for the YWCA Yellowknife to provide NWT families with plain-language information on how to escape violence and what steps to take afterward. I think its useful to have all the different kinds of information that women need in one place said YWCA Yellowknife executive di- rector Lyda Fuller. We have put it online were having more copies printed. We hope it will be really accessible for women so that they can look at it and get the information that they need. The 127-page book includes information on legal protection orders child protection and the youth welfare system criminal justice in- come and housing family law and supports and contacts to reach out to in times of crisis. When leaving behind an abusive household women almost always have to consider each of these elements Cooke noted. In an effort to make Legal Pathways easy to use it is written in a conversational tone and features example scenarios for the indi- vidual to work through to help them deter- mine the best course of action to take and understand why. The document came together following a long-term study on household violence in the NWTs smaller communities. From 2009 to 2012 Cooke and her partner Suza Tsetso traveled the territory gathering research. On the road they found the biggest barrier for women living in violent households was that no one wanted to talk about it. Theycantreallytalktotheirfriendaboutthe violence that their husband is perpetrating on thembecausetheirbestfriendmightbehisrst cousinCookesaid.Ireallydothinksecrecyis awaythatthiscontinuestobeasbigaproblem. It strengthens the ability to be violent. Its be- come kind of normalized which is a big issue. Over those same three years the YWCA held annual information sessions on family violence in Yellowknife with groups of about 30women.One of those gatheringsfunded by a nation-wide YWCA project also brought in social service providers including lawyers so- cialworkersRCMPandhealthauthoritystaff whoweremadeawareofthelegalissuesfacing women who ee. It was there that Cooke and Fuller realized women in the NWT were not fully aware of the resources available to them. Theyfoundmanywomentobeafraidoftheir childrenbeingseizedbychildprotectionservices if they decided to report abuse due to a clause that states kids who witness violence at home mayberemovedfromthefamilyincertaincases. Some expressed interest in Emergency Pro- tection Orders EPO which allow victims to connect with a local justice of the peace - via the Alison McAteer House or the RCMP - who can grant a protection order to effectively ban an abuser from entering a household for up to 90 days without laying any charges - so long as the orders are obeyed. When I read the evaluation of the Protec- tion Against Family Violence Act which was donemaybethreeorfouryearsagotherewere anumberofwomenwhohadusedsafetyprotec- tionordersinthesmallestcommunitieswhere there are no RCMP ofcers and it was hard to exactly tell from the evaluation whether all weresuccessfulCookesaid.Therecouldbea questionofawomanputtingherself into more danger. I do think some women in the small- est communities have been successful with an EPO though I expect some of them have chosen not to use an EPO because theres not a consistent presence of RCMP to enforce it. Improvements to system needed While Cooke said she is impressed with the resources the GNWT has created to aid people escaping family violence especially in providing emergency nances and hous- ing she noted there are still gaps to be lled. One problem is a lack of funding available for shelters in the NWT. While the depart- ment of Health and Social Services HSS provides 2553000 to shelters annually as well as 199000 to support travel for those living in regions without shelters Cooke said there is still not enough money allocated to have a shelter in each region of the NWT let alone to alleviate heavy caseloads. They are doing terric work and very important frontline work and I do feel quite strongly that government could provide more nancial support to those shelters Cooke said. I have been on a lot of calls with the ve shelters and this issue of a shortage of re- sources pretty much comes up all the time. She also encouraged the GNWTto continue developing mens healing and support pro- grams to help quell violence in the long term. Working towards a national action plan Fuller also sits on the board of directors for the Canadian Network of Womens Shelters and Transition Houses which is currently pressuring the federal government to create a Canada-wide set of standards. Idreallyliketoseeanationalactionplanso womenhavesomemorecertaintyaroundwhat remediesandservicestheycouldaccessFuller said. Theres a real push from the sheltering communityforthegovernmenttoputtogether a national action plan on their agenda. Were hoping to make that an election issue because rightnowitisarealhodge-podgeofthingsthat women encounter across the country. To access Legal Pathways for information on resources in the NWT head to http www.ywcanwt.casitesdefaultleslegal_ pathways_0.pdf I really do think secrecy is a way that this continues to be as big a problem. It strengthens the ability to be violent. Its become kind of normalized which is a big issue. Lani Cooke YWCA Yellowknfe