Abrigo Centre: FAQ

FAQ

Category: Violence Against Women


	What is abuse anyway?
	My husband tells me that if I try to leave then I will have no rights to my house. Is it true that I will lose everything that I have been working to pay for all of these years?
	I am unhappy with my marital situation and would like to talk to somebody but I do not want to leave my partner what should I do?
	My husband sponsored me to come to Canada and I have the Permanent Resident Card. Can he take away my Permanent Resident card or call Immigration and have me deported?
	I left home with my children. Does my partner and father of our children have to support me and our children?
	I do not speak English very well. I do not know where to get help. What can I do the next time he starts beating me or calling me names?
	My husband is a good man. Sometimes he drinks. When he drinks too much, he gets angry and we have fights. How can I help him to stop drinking?
	I do not have legal immigration status in the country. I do not like it when my partner and I are fighting. He has hit me in the past. I am afraid. If I call the police will I be deported?
	I am tired. My husband has not changed in all the years we have been married. He has gotten worse, the abuse has gotten worse. Now our children are grown and left the home and we have retired. I just want peace and rest but he has not stopped. What can I do?
	What does confidentiality mean?
	We are having difficulties with our teenage children. We don’t know how to speak with them anymore. Could you help us?
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