“We must open the doors and we must see to it they remain open, so that others can pass through."
Rosemary Brown, politician, activist
We reached out to all eight candidates running in our upcoming Ward 2 by-election with St. John’s City Council. We asked them eight questions about issues impacting women and marginalized people in our community, and their perspective on how feminism can inform municipal politics. Below is the full series of questions and answers from Ward […]
When gender-based violence happens in our communities, we all feel it. As women and as people supporting women in our community, we know that the impacts of violence are as pervasive and widespread as the rates of violence occurring. This week alone, we have seen four new cases of sexual assault happen St. John’s. This […]
The Transformative Power of Women’s Words September 29 2020 St. John’s, NL – The St. John’s Status of Women Council (SJSWC) is thrilled to announce the launch of our Dear Survivor campaign inspired by the connections that real women make when they talk to each other about intimate partner abuse. Empowering Ourselves: Exploring Intimate Partner Abuse is an eight-week Women’s Centre support group […]
SHOP is hiring for a new full-time Community Outreach Organizer. If you are passionate about sex workers’ rights, feminism, outreach and harm reduction, we would love to hear from you! Please see job description attached. Applications for this position will be accepted until 12pm Friday, Sept. 18, 2020. To apply, please submit a cover letter […]
We are hiring for an exciting new position to support the work of the St. John’s Status of Women Council. The role is to provide support around organizational advocacy, fund development, as well as ongoing analysis, information and solution-based recommendations for gender-equitable policy and practice in St. John’s and across Newfoundland and Labrador. Using a feminist, intersectional, […]
Job Description Domestic Violence Counsellor This position is a full-time, contract position* reporting directly to the Clinical Team Lead Counsellor. The Domestic Violence Counsellor supports all areas of the organization related to domestic violence. The successful candidate will divide their time in supporting the Right Here, Right Now counselling program as well as the work […]
Project Coordinator, Empower Them Position Description We are hiring for the coordinator of an exciting new project! We have received valuable funding from the NL Federation of Labour to begin a project aimed at increasing not only our organizational capacity, but the capacity of service providers, workplaces, and the general population in understanding and responding […]
“The St. John’s Status of Women Council stands with the Black Lives Matter movement in their calls to defund the police, for greater police oversight and accountability, and for the strategic re-allocation of funding to community organizations serving the most marginalized.We are committed to action in ensuring our organization and its services reflect our anti-racist, […]
The COVID-19 pandemic has threatened the livelihood of many workers, particularly those who work in unprotected industries and lack access to traditional forms of income support and employment-related benefits. This pandemic has been especially devastating for sex workers who are unable to work – many of whom are experiencing a drastic loss of income without […]
March 26, 2020 The St. John’s Status of Women Council and Women’s Centre would like to advise women that while our services may look a little different right now, we are very much here for you. We know there is uncertainty and things are hard. We also know we’ve never met a woman who hasn’t […]
