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"The South Asian Women’s Community Centre is an organization that helps women achieve their full potential in the Québec and Canadian societies and also helps them become independent. It offers:
"The South Asian Women’s Community Centre is an organization that helps women achieve their full potential in the Québec and Canadian societies and also helps them become independent. It offers:
*Settlement programs for refugees and new immigrants;
*Settlement programs for refugees and new immigrants;
French and English classes with daycare facilities;
*French and English classes with daycare facilities;
Referral services;
*Referral services;
Interpretation and translation services;
*Interpretation and translation services;
Awareness of individual rights;
*Awareness of individual rights;
Counselling on marital, family, legal, immigration and health related issues;
*Counselling on marital, family, legal, immigration and health related issues;
Group activities, discussions, seminars, information sessions, etc;
*Group activities, discussions, seminars, information sessions, etc;
A support network for victims of violence;
*A support network for victims of violence;
Opportunities to drop in and converse in South Asian languages;
*Opportunities to drop in and converse in South Asian languages;
Regular Pot-luck lunches and get-togethers;
*Regular Pot-luck lunches and get-togethers;
Volunteers to escort and accompany those who need the services;
*Volunteers to escort and accompany those who need the services;
Job-search workshops, on the job training and vocational training;
*Job-search workshops, on the job training and vocational training;
Summer employment for students;
*Summer employment for students;
Programs concentrating on the concerns of adolescents in the South Asian community;
*Programs concentrating on the concerns of adolescents in the South Asian community;
A quarterly Newsletter"
*A quarterly Newsletter"[http://www.sawcc-ccfsa.ca/EN/]

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"The South Asian Women’s Community Centre is an organization that helps women achieve their full potential in the Québec and Canadian societies and also helps them become independent. It offers:

  • Settlement programs for refugees and new immigrants;
  • French and English classes with daycare facilities;
  • Referral services;
  • Interpretation and translation services;
  • Awareness of individual rights;
  • Counselling on marital, family, legal, immigration and health related issues;
  • Group activities, discussions, seminars, information sessions, etc;
  • A support network for victims of violence;
  • Opportunities to drop in and converse in South Asian languages;
  • Regular Pot-luck lunches and get-togethers;
  • Volunteers to escort and accompany those who need the services;
  • Job-search workshops, on the job training and vocational training;
  • Summer employment for students;
  • Programs concentrating on the concerns of adolescents in the South Asian community;
  • A quarterly Newsletter"[1]