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Abuse is Wrong in any Language
This booklet is for immigrant and refugee women who are experiencing abuse in a relationship or in a family. It discusses Canadian law, what people's rights are, and what kind of help is available.
Produced in 2006
Produced by
Department of Justice Canada
Topics Immigration and Refugee Law - Permanent resident status; Immigration and Refugee Law - Sponsorship; Abuse and Family Violence - Partner abuse
Format Booklet/fact sheet/brochure; Web site/online resource
Relates to region Canada
Available as
 | http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/pi/fv-vf/pub/abus/abus_lang/fe-
fa/index.html#9
English , Web Page |
 | http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/pi/fv-vf/pub/abus/abus_lang/fe-
fa/eng-ang.pdf
English , Adobe PDF (1471.9 kB)
22 pages
|
| http://www.justice.gc.ca/fra/pi/vf-fv/pub/abus/abus_lang/fa-
fe/index.html
French/français , Web Page |
| http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/pi/fv-vf/pub/abus/abus_lang/fre
-fra/fre-fra.pdf
French/français , Adobe PDF (1476.2 kB)
22 pages |
| http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/pi/fv-vf/pub/abus/abus_lang/alb
an/alban.pdf
Albanian  , Adobe PDF (513.6 kB)
24 pages, 2006 |
| http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/pi/fv-vf/pub/abus/abus_lang/amh
ari/amhari.pdf
Amharic  , Adobe PDF
24 pages, 2008 |
| http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/pi/fv-vf/pub/abus/abus_lang/ara
bic/arabic.pdf
Arabic  , Adobe PDF
24 pages, 2008 |
| http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/pi/fv-vf/pub/abus/abus_lang/chi
n_s/chin_s.pdf
Chinese  , Adobe PDF (815.7 kB)
Simplified Chinese, 24 pages, 2008 |
| http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/pi/fv-vf/pub/abus/abus_lang/chi
n_t/chin_t.pdf
Chinese , Adobe PDF
Traditional Chinese, 24 pages, 1995 |
| http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/pi/fv-vf/pub/abus/abus_lang/cze
ch-tcheq/czech-tcheq.pdf
Czech  , Adobe PDF (1057.9 kB)
24 pages, 2000 |
| http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/pi/fv-vf/pub/abus/abus_lang/hun
-hon/hun-hon.pdf
Hungarian/Magyar  , Adobe PDF (1049.6 kB)
24 pages, 2000 |
| http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/pi/fv-vf/pub/abus/abus_lang/pun
-pan/pun-pan.pdf
Punjabi  , Adobe PDF (577.5 kB)
24 pages, 2006 |
| http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/pi/fv-vf/pub/abus/abus_lang/rom
a-roum/roma-roum.pdf
Romanian  , Adobe PDF (1088.6 kB)
24 pages, 2000 |
| http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/pi/fv-vf/pub/abus/abus_lang/ser
b/serb.pdf
Serbian  , Adobe PDF (1031.8 kB)
24 pages, 2000 |
| http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/pi/fv-vf/pub/abus/abus_lang/som
ali/somali.pdf
Somali  , Adobe PDF
24 pages, 2008 |
| http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/pi/fv-vf/pub/abus/abus_lang/spa
n-espag/span-espag.pdf
Spanish  , Adobe PDF (513 kB)
24 pages, 2006 |
| http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/pi/fv-vf/pub/abus/abus_lang/swa
hili/swahili.pdf
Swahili  , Adobe PDF
24 pages, 2008 |
| http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/pi/fv-vf/pub/abus/abus_lang/tag
alog/tagalog.pdf
Tagalog/Filipino  , Adobe PDF
24 pages, 2008 |
For more information contact
Department of Justice Canada
Web site www.canada.justice.gc.ca
