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The general objective of this project is to identify what contributes to women regaining power over their safety in women’s shelters in Quebec. Based on a mixed estimate, this project is divided into two stages. The first step aimed to translate and validate methodological tools to assess the recovery of power over security in the context of domestic violence. The second stage will be based on the tools translated and validated in the first stage to answer the following question: What intervention practices in shelters are associated with women regaining power over their safety ? To do this, the project team, wich relies on the pricnipales of feminist and partnership research, will recruit a total of 200 women staying in shelters ans will collect data in three stages: on arrival, on discharge and three months after departure.

Côté, I., & Louis Jean Esprival, S. (2021). Reprise du pouvoir des femmes sur leur sécurité en contexte de violence conjugale : Étude des pratiques en maison d’hébergement au Québec. Rapport de la phase I.

Côté, I., Louis Jean Esprival, S., Lafortune, L., & Bigaouette, M. (sous presse). Pratiques d’intervention favorisant la reprise du pouvoir des femmes sur leur sécurité : perspective d’intervenantes en maison d’aide et d’hébergement. Recherches féministes.

Côté, I., Gagnon, J., Damant, D., & Lapierre, S. (sous presse). Quelles variables sont associées à la reprise du pouvoir des femmes sur leur sécurité en contexte de violence conjugale? Criminologie.

Côté, I., & Louis Jean Esprival, S. (2022). Facteurs associés à la sécurité et à la reprise du pouvoir des femmes recevant des services d’aide en matière de violence conjugale : une revue narrative de la littérature. Revue canadienne de service social. 39(1), 5-26.

Côté, I., Gagnon, J., Lapierre, S., Damant, D., Louis Jean Esprival, S., & Goodman, L.A. (2021). Cultural Adaptation and Validation of the MOVERS Scale in a French-Canadian Population. Journal of Family Violence, 36(7), 871-883.

This project aims to develop an international partnership that brings together academic researchers and community organizations interested in and working with women who have experienced IPV and who have been considered “engaged in PA”. There are four specific objectives: 1) To examine how PA discourses are used in family courts and child protection practices in different countries, particularly in situations where women who have experienced DIV are considered “engaged in PA”, and identify similarities and differences; 2) Document the impacts of PA discourses and practices on women victims of violence and their children, and on community organizations working with women who have been victims of IPV; 3) Analyze the strategies used by women victims of violence, community organizations and researchers to challenge the discourses and practices of PA, and to counter the allegations made against women who have been victims of IPV; 4) Develop tools to support women victims of violence, community organizations and researchers who wish to challenge PA discourses and practices, or counter allegations made against women who have experienced IPV.