Transition House Association of Nova Scotia (THANS)

Nova News Now : Dec 12, 2006

Chrysalis House director Rhonda Fraser says women across the province are protesting millions of dollars worth of federal cuts to the Status of Women program. She says these cuts will have an impact on abused women in the Valley area.

"With cuts to the funding for research that has as its intention advocacy or lobbying, how will positive changes be made and the voices of the most vulnerable be heard?”Fraser asked.

"Most equality-seeking women's organizations, like transition houses, don’t have the funding to undertake research on our own. The Status of Women funding over the years has been a vital component of services for women experiencing violence and abuse,”she said.

Representatives of the Transition House Association of Nova Scotia (THANS) have requested meetings with their MPs to explain their opposition to several decisions taken recently by the federal government.