Adsum for Women & Children

Shelters, housing, services esp for women, families, Trans & gender diverse people. Everyone has the right to safe housing. @adsumforwomen.bsky.social

[Nova Scotia Legislature @NSLeg]

#NSCS will meet on Tuesday, January 6 to set the agenda for upcoming meetings.

#nsleg #nspoli

[Adsum for Women & Children @adsumforwomen]

We are so grateful for your support Halifax 💕 Thank you!

[Adsum for Women & Children @adsumforwomen]

While many holiday traditions centre on home & hope, too many Nova Scotians are housing insecure. They don’t have the stability to find this sense of peace & joy.
Over the holidays we’re sharing words from a tenant who knows what it means to have a home. #housingisahumanright

[BWSS Battered Women’s Support Services @EndingViolence]

Coercive control does not happen all at once. It happens quietly. Through monitoring, isolation, financial restriction, and fear.

Over time, a person’s world becomes smaller until they feel trapped inside an invisible box.

This is why coercive control is so difficult to identify and even harder to prove. Survivors may struggle to name it. Friends, family, and systems often miss it.

Canada is beginning to acknowledge this reality. Recent Criminal Code reforms recognize that abuse is often a pattern, not a single incident.

This video does an extraordinary job of showing what words and legal definitions often fail to capture.

[Adsum for Women & Children @adsumforwomen]

Countering the narrative that even in brutal weather, there is space inside for everyone. We know women stay in unsafe situations when shelters are full.
And a reminder that housing is the solution to homelessness. ⁦@globalhalifax⁩ https://t.co/NVryVVDcNo

[Adsum for Women & Children @adsumforwomen]

We remember them always.

Geneviève Bergeron
Hélène Colgan
Nathalie Croteau
Barbara Daigneault
Anne-Marie Edward
Maud Haviernick
Barbara Klucznik-Widajewicz Maryse Laganière
Maryse Leclair
Anne-Marie Lemay
Sonia Pelletier
Michèle Richard
Annie St-Arneault
Annie Turcotte

[Jeff Schlemmer @Jeff_Schlemmer_]

"'Nowhere else to go,' says woman at encampment decried as eyesore amid Winnipeg's crackdown."
I hope I've raised my kids to never want to refer to a human being as an eyesore.
https://t.co/d5I96DPFPG @cbcnews

[Adsum for Women & Children @adsumforwomen]

For many, navigating GBV is an isolating experience, BUT no one should feel alone. As a community, we must support women and children as they flee Gender-Based Violence and secure a safer place to live.
This is a collaborative post developed for #16daysofactivism @ShelterMovers

[Adsum for Women & Children @adsumforwomen]

When women and families flee Gender-Based Violence, the experience can be daunting. For many, lack of affordability, limited finances, and uncertainty around the supports available act as barriers to accessing safe housing.

[Adsum for Women & Children @adsumforwomen]

With the support of organizations like Adsum for Women & Children and Shelter Movers, we can work together to provide individuals with trauma-informed support aimed at reducing barriers associated with accessing secure and safe housing.

[Adsum for Women & Children @adsumforwomen]

Today we join the global call for an end to violence against women in all its forms.

[Adsum for Women & Children @adsumforwomen]

This is true in Nova Scotia, also. Our housing crisis didn’t happen overnight. Workers must earn enough to live.

[Jeff Schlemmer @Jeff_Schlemmer_]

When work no longer pays the rent in Ontario https://t.co/aGZ3Hfy9H0 via @yorkregion

[Adsum for Women & Children @adsumforwomen]

On this National Housing Day #housingisahumanright

[Diana Chan McNally @DianaCMcNally]

Nobody wants encampments.

The difference is that I advocate for solutions that respect that people are rights-holders we have abandoned, not criminals.

You advocate not for real resources, but for the disappearance of people without addressing why they even become homeless.

[Adsum for Women & Children @adsumforwomen]

@FX1019 wow! Coats for Kids brought in mountains of donations. Huge thanks to sponsors and the community for generous support, helping to keep kids warm this winter.
We can’t do this without you
#community #warmth #coatsforkids

[John George McCracken @BigJMcC]

@adsumforwomen and Children’s executive director Sheri Lecker told the committee that Nova Scotia’s rental market lacks an adequate inventory of truly affordable units.

Story by @MadihaMughees. #nspoli #NSPC https://t.co/dkX514zlu9

[Adsum for Women & Children @adsumforwomen]

No single approach will solve the housing crisis, but Adsum wants to see much more emphasis placed on building, maintaining and renovating #housing that is considered truly affordable. #AffordableHousing

https://t.co/gYwUeUdEVl

[Adsum for Women & Children @adsumforwomen]

Incredible community support, raising awareness and funds to end homelessness.

[John George McCracken @BigJMcC]

@haeleydirisio The tournament aims to raise $1 million towards VETS Canada and @adsumforwomen. So far it has reached over $350,000 for the charities.

#Homelessness #Unhoused #PublicHousing #DartmouthNS
https://t.co/XOYSdTzpaE

[Adsum for Women & Children @adsumforwomen]

Thoughts on the federal budget