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Justice Matters for Women: Rural Outreach in Guysborough and Antigonish Counties
Justice Matters for Women: Rural
Outreach in Guysborough and Antigonish Counties is an outreach program
of the Antigonish Women’s Resource Centre. Services are free and confidential
for women of all ages and backgrounds aged 16 and over who are living in and
around Canso, Guysborough and Sherbrooke. Justice
Matters for Women is provided with funding from the Law
Foundation of Nova Scotia.
The outreach worker can provide individuals with
information and problem-solving, emotional and crisis support. The worker
can help individuals talk to services, agencies and institutions. The
outreach worker will also accompany individuals to court and to legal and
medical appointments.
Some of the issues you can talk to the Outreach Worker about include:
- Violence against Women
- Poverty
- Health
- Employment Support and Income Assistance
- Relationships
- Housing
- Harassment and Abuse
- Addictions
- The Legal System
- Parenting
- Education and Employment
- Physical, Mental and Emotional
Health
Guysborough
County is the largest and most
sparsely populated county in Nova
Scotia.
Unemployment is high in the area and the average income is low. Women in the area face multiple barriers
related to poverty, isolation, lack of transportation, and the out-migration of
services.
Services
Women
contact our Outreach Program for information on a variety of issues including:
the legal system; rights and entitlements; poverty; relationships; sexual
violence, harassment and abuse; addictions; housing; education and employment;
and physical, mental and emotional health.
Community
members say the program is a welcome and much needed addition to Guysborough County, noting that it is not often that
such a program is offered in their rural communities.
Workshops
In addition
to providing one-to-one support, Justice Matters for Women offers workshops and
programs.
Inspire
Inspire
is a school-based program that provides adolescent girls with a safe,
non-judgmental and girl-friendly venue for exploring issues in their lives,
learning about their rights, and
developing life-skills. Inspire provides positive mentoring and role modelling
that encourages self-care, healthy decision making and the development of
critical-thinking and problem- solving skills.
Outreach worker: Melissa Arnott
Schedule:
| Day |
Where |
Time |
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Monday |
Canso |
9:00-4:30 |
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Tuesday |
Sherbrooke |
9:00-4:30 |
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Wednesday |
Guysborough |
9:00-4:30 |
| Thursday |
Antigonish |
9:00-4:30 |
| Friday |
Antigonish |
9:00-4:30 |
Locations
Canso: Every Monday from 9:30 - 12:30 in the Eastern Communities in the
basement of Canso
Academy and from 1:00-
4:30 in the Career Centre.
Sherbrooke: Every Tuesday from 9:30
– 12:30 in the HALT room of St. Mary’s Academy and from 1:30 – 4:30 in the
Diabetic Clinic at St. Mary’s Memorial
Hospital.
Guysborough: Every Wednesday from
9:30 - 4:30 on the 2nd floor of 136
Church St. (the Old Provincial
Building) across the hall
from the GALA office.
Antigonish: Every Thursday and Friday from 9:30 – 4:30 at the Antigonish Women’s
Resource Centre
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