"Still Out There" Experiencing Substance Use and Violence in Rural British Columbia

Cet article aborde les changements que les femmes violenties ont appods h leur consommation de drogues et qui ont eu recours h lhide des maisons d'hkbergement rurales et urbaines. Elles vivent les de$s incluant le stress lie ' h lhrgent, au logement, h la lkgislation et aux services sociawc fiapentks. Lesfemmes ont besoin deplus de services intkgris et de h i d e pratique surtout duns les rigions rurales. Violence against women continues to be a serious prob-lem for women in Canada, and has multiple legal, social, psychological, and health consequences. Rural women who experience abuse have particular issues related to their location. Several structural issues have been identified as key exacerbating factors in violence against women who live in rural communities Uiwani). Distance from, or Iack of, adequate services; limited educational/employmen