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Making Changes, seventh edition: A Book for Women in Abusive Relationships
March, 2011

If you are a woman experiencing abuse or if you have previously been abused, this book is intended to help you.

You can read this book in whatever way you want. You don't have to start on the first page. You don't have to read it in order. You don't have to read it all now. Read the parts that are most important to you and the rest later.

You can rip off the front cover, tear out pages, or write in it. Read the book when you are ready and when you are safe.

You may want to leave this book at work or with a friend. You may have friends you wish to share this book with.

For inquiries please call toll free number 1-800-565-8662 or email our office: women@gov.ns.ca or call 424-8662.

Fact Sheet on Violence against Women
Fact Sheet on Sexual Assault
Fact Sheet on Intimate Partner Violence
Fact Sheet on Spousal Homicide

December 2007

(prepared for for The National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women).

NS Advisory Council on the Status of Women Business Plan 2007-2008

April 2007

Fact Sheet on Violence against Women

December 1, 2006

Guide for Girls

October, 2005

A new publication from the Advisory Council on the Status of Women (released Oct. 5) helps teenaged girls make good decisions about their futures. Guide for Girls discusses preparing for work and career, relationships with friends and family, money management and community involvement. This book encourages girls to look beyond the traditional expectations and inspires them to seek their own best route to self-sufficiency. It helps them to define success for themselves and to strive to achieve it.

Making Changes: A Book for Women in Abusive Relationships - 2007, 5th edition

November 29, 2007

The book Making Changes: A Handbook for Women in Abusive Relationships lays out the steps to safety and freedom from family violence in Nova Scotia and now contains advice and information on what family and friends can do to help.

Making Changes: A Book for Women in Abusive Relationships - 2006 4th edition

March 2006

Substantially the same as the 2003 revised edition with revisions and updates made to the directory of services.

Votes for Women - a Political Guidebook

Des votes pour les femmes - Une guide politique

May 17, 2004

Changer pour le mieux: un livre pour les femmes victimes de violence - 2003 Troisieme edition (Revisee)

December 2003

Family Violence and Personal Safety: Women in Nova Scotia, Part 3 of a Statistical Series

December 2001

Note: April 18, 2002: this publication is out of print in hard copy, and available only in online form.

Women's Paid and Unpaid Work: Women in Nova Scotia, Part 5 of a Statistical Series