Volunteer with Vancouver Rape Relief and Women’s Shelter to make a difference in women’s lives, including yours! Be part of the women’s movement and meet likeminded women. Learn more about feminism by working in solidarity with women at a grassroots level. See the positive and inspiring changes women make in their lives.

Crisis Line and Transition House
Vancouver Rape Relief and Women's Shelter needs women who are interested in volunteering for the 24 Hour Crisis Line or the Transition House for Women & their Children.

Training sessions are Tuesday evenings.
For more information and for a training interview, please call us at 604-872-8212.

Other Volunteer Opportunities at VRRWS
Other volunteer opportunities are also available: such as assisting with childcare, assisting with translation, and maintaining the upkeep of our transition house.

Male Volunteers
Volunteer with Vancouver Rape Relief and Women’s Shelter to help secure funds to ensure that raped and battered women can access an independent, confidential rape crisis centre and transition house. More importantly become part of the solution to end male violence against women.
To find out about our volunteer fundraising committee please call us at 604.872.8212.

My name is Erin S. and I'm a collective member at
Vancouver Rape Relief and Women's Shelter
This means that I work both on our 24-hour crisis line and in our transition house for women and their kids who are escaping male violence.
by Erin S., October 2003
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UCLA Study On Friendship Among Women

A landmark UCLA study suggests friendships between women are special. They shape who we are and who we are yet to be. They soothe our tumultuous inner world, fill the emotional gaps in our marriage, and help us remember who we really are.
by Gale Berkowitz
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Commentary on the Statistics Canada report
on Shelters and Transition Houses
There's no reason to think that April 15 last year was any different than any other day. It just happens to be the date Statistics Canada took a snapshot of family shelters in Canada.
And it didn't get a pretty picture.
On that day, there were 3,287 women and 2, 999 children residing in shelters across Canada. Hiding from violent men might be a more accurate way to describe it, because three quarters of the women were there to escape abusive relationships.
The Globe and Mail, June 23 2003
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Vancouver Rape Relief worker awarded
Queen's Golden Jubilee Medal
in recognition of her contribution to community
Onna Tatum, a volunteer and collective member of Vancouver Rape Relief and Women's Shelter and Sylvia Aubrey a longtime volunteer with the Kamloops Sexual Assault Centre were awarded the Queen's Golden Jubilee Award in recognition of their contribution to community.
December 6 2002
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Feminism in the Transition House
There has been a great push toward methods of professionalism in our work in the transition houses and it will take every effort on all our parts to fight back and hold onto our practice of feminism. Feminist frontline workers saw our responsibility to the women who use our transition houses as being one of revolutionary practice for political change.
by Pauline Funston, October 2000
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Young Women are an Active Part of the Women's Movement
Young Women are in. Girls rule, spangly nail polish and barrets are fashion accessories no girl with breasts bursting forth from a baby tee can do without, and the Women’s Movement has abandoned young women to our bad music choices. All those women from the 60's and 70's refuse to let us enter the movement, doncha know.
by Tamara Gorin, Discorder Magazine, March 2000
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Fear of Feminism, Why young women get the willies
Some people may argue that young women have far less to lose by becoming feminists than do older women: they have a smaller stake in the system and fewer ties to it. At the same time, though, young women today have been profoundly affected by the demonization of feminism during the 12 years of Reagan and Bush--the time when they formed their understanding of political possibility and public life.
by Lisa Maria Hogeland, Ms.Magazine, Nov/Dec 1994
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