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Gender-based Violence Support Services
Battered Women’s Support Services (BWSS)
BC Society of Transition Houses
BC
Women’s Hospital
HealthLink
BC
VictimLinkBC: 1-800-563-0808
A toll-free,
confidential, multilingual telephone service available across BC and the
Yukon. This service is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. It provides
information and referral services to all victims of crime and immediate crisis
support to victims of family and sexual violence, including victims of human
trafficking exploited for labour or sexual services. Service is available in
more than 110 languages, including 17 North American Aboriginal languages.
Women Against Violence Against Women (WAVAW)
Offers
a 24-hour crisis line, a counselling program, an Aboriginal program, and several
victim services.