Support and resources to end gender-based violence

Resources

The resources below offer information, support, and next steps for anyone affected by gender-based violence, including family violence, human trafficking, sexual violence, elder and child abuse.

Understanding violence

• Human trafficking: Learn how we can work together to reduce the crime of human trafficking and help people at risk.
• Family violence: Learn where to turn when faced with family violence or domestic violence and know your rights and the law.
• Sexual violence: Information about all forms of sexual violence, including who is most likely impacted.
• Elder abuse: Recognize signs of elder abuse and learn how to get help.
• Child abuse, neglect and sexual exploitation: Find supports and know what happens when child abuse, neglect or sexual exploitation are reported.

Prevention and support

• Gender-based violence prevention: We can prevent and end gender-based violence, support survivors and address the root causes of why it happens.
• Help for victims of crime: Find help, financial assistance, community victim services units and other supports if you have been a victim of a violent crime.
• Clare’s Law: People at risk of domestic violence have the right to get information about potentially harmful intimate partners.
• Restraining and protection orders: Get a restraining or protection order, and how to respond if you have been served an order.

Indigenous safety

• Increasing safety for Indigenous women, girls and 2S+ people: Working together to create a better future for Indigenous women, girls and two spirit plus (2S+) people in Alberta.
• Family Information Liaison Unit: Support and information for families of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls.
• Community Support Fund: Supporting Indigenous-led projects that address violence and the safety and economic security of Indigenous women, girls and two-spirit plus (2S+) people.