We identify ourselves as workers, womens, activists and feminists, but we are first of all womens working WITH womens. We consider that what is private is political and that sexual assault is not only an individual’s problem. Indeed, it starts from a problem in our society. Therefore, our objective is to take part in the Eastern Townships community in order to take action on the social and politic components of violence against womens.
Our values
Our values are present in our interventions, in our interactions with our team and with our different partners as well as in our attitudes towards ourselves.
Our approach
Our intervention is guided by the feminist approach which prioritizes egalitarian relationships and values women’s perspectives. In addition, this approach perceives sexualt asssault as a social and political problem. Therefore, our intervention is focused on removing feelings of guilt and responsibility that women experience, which also enables womens to regain power in their life and in society.
Our intervention
We use a feminist intervention style that is also used with tools such as « the courage to heal » and the « radical therapy ».
Our intervention consists in individual counselling, group counselling and offers the opportunity for social implication. The feminist intervener will therefore center her intervention on the woman’s needs and how she perceives her recovery. Finally, we value the woman’s autonomy, assertiveness and self-esteem as much as possible throughout our intervention.