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Community Advocates Call on Ontario to Declare Intimate Partner Violence an Epidemic as the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence Begins

November 25, 2024

TORONTO, ON – WomanACT stands with community advocates to call for the Ontario government to take decisive action by passing Bill 173, formally declaring Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) an epidemic. As the global 16 Days […]

Press

Uniting For Change: National Day for Truth and Reconciliation Sheds Light on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women

September 27, 2023

As the nation prepares to observe the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, we emphasize the critical importance of this day in shedding light on the heartbreaking issue of missing […]

Press

Financialization of Purpose-Built Rental Housing

July 7, 2023

WomanACT’s submission for the National Housing Council’s Review Panel on the Financialization of Purpose-Built Rental Housing. Financialization is a growing trend toward the use of housing as an investment to […]

News

Improving responses to older women’s experiences of violence

June 15, 2023

Older women are disproportionately affected by violence. Older women are victims in 58% of family violence cases in Canada[i] and are twice as likely to be victims of intimate partner […]

Opinion

Engaging People with Lived Experience

October 27, 2022

Engaging people with lived experience of gender-based violence is central to WomanACT’s work. Survivors’ personal experiences of systemic barriers is key to creating solutions to overcome them. In addition, survivors’ […]

Opinion