Shelter Pulse: Building capacity for rural women’s shelters across Canada

This video from the Rural Development Network introduces the Shelter Pulse Database, a resource developed in partnership with Mountain Rose Women’s Shelter Association and funded by Women and Gender Equality Canada’s Feminist Response and Recovery Fund. It highlights the adaptation and creation of trauma-informed policies and procedures for shelters addressing violence against women across Canada. The database aims to enhance the capacity of rural women’s shelters, providing accessible, research-based tools for practitioners in the gender-based violence sector.
Topics include: trauma-informed policies, violence against women, rural shelters.