Les refuges pour femmes sont souvent le premier point de contact pour les victimes survivantes fuyant une relation conjugale violente. Par conséquent, la sécurité et l’hébergement de ces femmes sont des préoccupations immédiates pour les membres du personnel. Une fois la sécurité de la victime survivante assurée, il est important d’explorer les schémas de maltraitance qu’elle a subis.
Economic Abuse Screening Tool (EAST) can assist direct service providers in identifying and addressing instances of economic abuse experienced by clients and accessing related resources. Developed and tested in consultation with shelters across Canada, EAST can help to open up conversations about finances and increase the capacity of service providers to assess the scope and nature of economic abuse.
The Canadian Women’s Foundation interviewed 21 women who were charged with domestic violence over the previous three years. The majority of the women lived in Toronto, with a small number in the GTA and Haliburton. The participants varied in age and socioeconomic status, including women who spoke English, Spanish, and Tagalog. Ten community agency workers from the City of Toronto and York Region as well as the criminal justice system were interviewed. The goal was to better understand the circumstances surrounding these charges, pinpoint structural issues that increased the risk to survivors, and offer suggestions for preventing charges against women who are attempting to defend themselves against an abusive partner. Recommendations for various sectors are made based on the information gleaned from the interviews.
Media reporting has confirmed six additional femicides have occurred in Ontario throughout the
month of July , while an additional two cases are unconfirmed and are being monitored for
further police disclosure. Two femicide cases that occurred in June have been confirmed this
month to bring the total to 38 femicides occurring in Ontario in the last 35 weeks. We are truly
devastated and saddened by this reality that every week in Ontario there is another woman’s life
lost due to men’s violence leaving families, friends, communities and service providers impacted
by these preventable tragedies.
La couverture médiatique a confirmé que six autres féminicides ont eu lieu en Ontario pendant le mois
de juillet, et nous attendons les informations de la police sur deux autres cas non confirmés. Deux cas
de féminicides ayant eu lieu en juin ont été confirmés ce mois-ci, totalisant ainsi 38 féminicides en
Ontario ces 35 dernières semaines. Nous sommes réellement attristées par la réalité que chaque
semaine en Ontario, une autre femme doit perdre la vie en raison de la violence masculine et que des
familles, des amis et amies, des communautés et des fournisseurs de services sont tous touchés par
ces violences évitables.
This study looks at how technology, legal aid, and intimate partner abuse intersect. This report is based on information acquired through surveys and interviews with intimate partner abuse survivors. It investigates how survivors use technology to acquire or obtain legal advice and support. The Law Foundation of Ontario provided funding for the WomanACT Tech for Women's Justice initiative, which includes this study. The Tech for Women's Justice initiative brings together important stakeholders, including intimate partner abuse survivors, to undertake research and consider ways to enhance the access and experiences of survivors.