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More than bricks & mortar a rights-based strategy to prevent girl homelessness in Canada
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- ISBN: 9780973752717 (print)
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1 electronic text (64 p.) : digital file. - Publisher: Vancouver, B.C. : Justice for Girls, c2008
Content descriptions
| General Note: | "May 2008." Issued as part of the desLibris documents collection. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 59-64). |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Introduction -- Defining girl homelessness -- What is girl homelessness? -- Extent of the problem -- Inequalities that lead to girl homelessness -- Violence against girls -- Colonization -- Institutionalized poverty of girls and their mothers -- Homophobia -- Racism -- Inequality in the lives of young mothers -- Northern and rural preliminary issues -- The consequences of homelessness -- Male violence and exploitation -- Addiction -- Disease and death -- Education denied -- Criminalization -- The last stop : Vancouver's downtown eastside -- Canada's failure to meet its obligation to protect girls -- Legal lapses -- No national anti-homelessness strategy that recognizes gender -- Colonial policies -- Government policies and practices -- Abdication of responsibility legislated -- Strategy -- A rights-based approach along feminist principles -- Ten ways to prevent girl homelessness -- Government actions -- Access to education -- Community and feminist actions -- Recommendations for working with girls who are sexually exploited -- Creating a girls' feminist housing strategy in your own community -- Actions at the international level -- Appendix A. Justice for girls' principles of respectful housing for homeless girls -- Appendix B. Girls' transition house policy -- Notes & references. |
| Additional Physical Form available Note: | Also in print. |
| System Details Note: | Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
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