Description: Ontario Association of Interval and Transition Houses (OAITH) is a provincial coalition primarily of first stage shelters for abused women and their children, second stages housing programs and community-based women’s service organizations.
There have been 58 femicides that occurred in 2020-2021 in Ontario. 58 daughters, mothers, aunties, grandmothers, sisters and community members. We Count Femicide Because is a new initiative of Building a Bigger Wave Ontario Network (BBW) and OAITH to call attention to and address Femicide rates in Ontario.
We Count Femicide Because will raise a public alarm every time a femicide occurs in Ontario. We want to draw attention to the critical need for investments in prevention and to engage leaders in communities and at all levels of government in dialogue focused on the collective work needed to prevent femicide.
The Aging Without Violence (AWV) project was guided by an inter-sector provincial advisory including stakeholders with expertise in violence against older women, public education, service provider training, research, and improved community responses. The AWV section of our website has tools, resources, and training focused on working with older women who have experienced violence.
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