YWCA Canada with the Support of Canadian Auto Workers and its Social Justice fund; have developed a project to translate “Fresh Start” - a guidebook for women who have or are living in violent situations. Your support is crucial to make this translation culturally relevant with key information in order to support women from the Spanish-speaking communities.

“Fresh Start” is a 100-page guidebook which works as an intervention tool to support women in their decision to leave abusive relationships, to understand what to expect while leaving the abuse, and to access their options. Acknowledging that abuse occurs in every race, culture, religion, social class and it does not distinguish age or social level while recognizing that every woman has her own story; we have identified that it is necessary to involve women from the community as well as Service Providers in order to achieve the goal of the project.

We thank you for the time you are taking to support this project; know that your opinion is important for us to be able to make prepare a document which is relevant to all women in all areas of Canada.


PLEASE COMPLETE THIS SURVEY BY SEPT 23, 2013

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* 1. Let us know about you.

Please select the languages you speak, mark all which apply.

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* 2. Were you born in Canada?

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* 3. How long have you been in Canada

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* 4. In which province / territory do you currently live?

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* 5. Which agency/organization are you part of?

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* 6. Services

What area of services do you provide?

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* 7. In which languages do you provide the services above?

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* 8. Who do you serve?

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* 9. Within a month, how many Spanish-speaking women do you serve?

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* 10. Have you had women disclose issues of domestic violence?

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* 11. What do you think are the main challenges that women from the Spanish speaking community face when trying to leave abusive relationships?

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* 12. What is needed to provide more support?

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* 13. What information should be taken into consideration to be included in the Spanish version of Fresh Start (Empezar de Nuevo)?

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* 14. Do you have any suggestions to make the guidebook more relevant to women from the Spanish speaking communities?

Thank you for taking the time to complete this survey.

The feedback will be used to strengthen data gathered for Empezar de Nuevo and to provide a comprehensive and useful tool for Spanish-speaking women seeking guidance when living in or having lived in abusive partnerships.

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This project is funded by the Canadian Auto Workers' Social Justice Fund

<br><br>This project is funded by the Canadian Auto Workers' Social Justice Fund

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