Recognition of IPV as an Epidemic in Toronto: Brief - Ontario Association of Interval & Transition Houses

Organization: Aura Freedom International

Published: 2025

Format: Document

Type(s): Advocacy, Information and Fact Sheets, Report

Audience(s): Advocates, Educators, Policymakers, Researchers, Service Providers

Topic(s): Aboriginal, First Nations, Inuit, and Metis Women, Advocacy and Education, Child Abuse, Concepts and Analysis, Domestic Violence / IPV, Emotional Control, Femicide, Feminist Analysis, Financial Control, Forced Marriage, Gender-Based Violence, Gender-Based Violence Prevention & Intervention, Government, Harassment and Stalking, Intimate Partner Sexual Violence, Legislation and Policy, Physical Violence, Sexual Violence, Specific Communities, Strategies and Action Plans, Types of Gender-Based Violence, VAW Practice

Language(s): English

This advocacy brief, created with Women’s Habitat, calls on the City of Toronto to declare Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) an epidemic. It provides data on the underreporting of IPV, recent femicides, and the systemic roots of male violence against women. The document urges municipal recognition as a first step toward systemic change.