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What Is Violence Against Women? How Common Is It? Why Focus on Violence Against Women? What Is The Impact? What Can We Do To End Violence Together?
This means that in the year 2000 over 400,000 women in Canada and over 61,000 women in BC were sexually assaulted.
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Stalking is the number one risk factor for actual and attempted murders of women (McFarlane et. Al, 2002)
90% of people reported for stalking are men
Measuring Violence Against Women: Statistical Trends, Statistics Canada, 2006)
Two thirds (66%) of all criminal harassment incidents occurred at the victims home.
88%
Level 1 Sexual Assault: any forced sexual contact w ithout bodily harm Level 2 Sexual Assault: forced sexual contact causing or threatening to cause bodily harm using a w eapon (imitation or real)Level 3 Sexual Assault: forced sexual contact that causes aggravated bodily harm or endangers the life of the survivor or others Sexual Offences Against Children: sexual touching or interference, sexual exploitation and incest
Pushed, shoved, slapped (101,600) 40% Kicked, bit, hit, hit with something (25,400) 10%
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Sexual interference with a person under age 14 Invitation to sexual touching with a person under age 14 Sexual exploitation of a person aged 14 and under 18 Incest Covers child pornography
Violence in Relationships
Physical assault: hitting, punching, choking, slapping, pulling hair Sexual assault: any form of forced sexual activity Threats and Intimidation Emotional abuse: insults, intimidation, control, isolation, mind games, put downs Financial abuse: controlling, stealing and withholding money Spiritual/cultural abuse: restricting spiritual or cultural practices or beliefs Murder
Violence In Relationships
In recent years, there have been a number of dramatic & tragic deaths of women and children as a result of domestic violence:
Sherry Heron and Anna Adams in Mission Lorraine Moon in Alert Bay Denise Purdy in Nanaimo
In Quatsino, Sonya Handels six children were killed by her estranged husband who was troubled and abusive
Violence In Relationships
Barriers often make it difficult for women to access critical support systems. This was the case for all the women involved in the recent domestic violence tragedies:
- Sherry Heron suffered from physical disabilities related to injuries to her head and pelvis - Lorraine Moon was an Aboriginal woman living on
reserve
- Denise Purdy was an immigrant woman of colour - Sonya Handel and her children lived in a very isolated
rural setting
Violence In Relationships
The experiences of Heron, Moon, Purdy and Handel reflect the reality of many women in our culturally and geographically diverse province & highlight the need to provide pro-active outreach to assist women with disabilities, Aboriginal, immigrant and rural women
Coroners inquests and/or local inquiries revealed what were missing in all these cases: a coordinated response system a network that could identify and address risk and provide specialized support in a coordinated and productive way involving a variety of systems
These BC findings echoes similar inquests outcomes in Ontario
Witnessing
Almost 40% of women assaulted by spouses said their children witnessed the violence against them (either directly or indirectly) and in many cases the violence was severe. In half of the cases of spousal violence against women that were witnessed by children, the woman feared for her life.
calling you over and over again, and perhaps hanging up whenever you answer the phone
contacting you on the Internet or through constant email messages
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Funding for the production of this presentation was provided by the BC Ministry of Community Services and created by the BC Association of Specialized Victim Assistance and Counselling Programs
Appendix
Sec. 163 (163.1 163.1 (4.1): covers child pornography Bill C-2 also contains numerous other sections pertaining to child prostitution and pornography
Child Abuse
Refers to mistreatment, abuse, or neglect that a child or youth experiences while in the care of someone they either trust or depend on: parent, sibling, other relative, caregiver or guardian
Child Abuse
Examples include: Physical abuse Sexual abuse & exploitation Neglect Emotional abuse
Bill C-2 Sec. 163 (163.1 163.1 (4.1): covers child pornography Bill C-2 also contains numerous other sections pertaining to child prostitution and pornography
Duty to Report
Child, Family and Community Service Act:
Duty to Report
Sec. 13: (refer to the act for a comprehensive list)
where the child has been, or is likely to be, sexually abused or exploited by the childs parent
where the child has been, or is likely to be physically harmed, sexually abused, or sexually exploited by someone else and the childs parent does not protect the child