November is the month when women’s anti-violence advocates engage in 16 Days of Activism (Nov. 25 – Dec. 10) to end gender-based violence
November 25th is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women; December 6th commemorates the 14 women killed in 1989 in the Montreal Massacre at L’Ecole Polytechnique, and all the other women, including missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls, who have been taken by femicide to date. It is a long list that haunts every women’s advocate.
This year, the NOWC and many other feminist groups across the province will focus on promoting the 86 jury recommendations from the recent Renfrew inquest into the murders of Carol Culleton, Anastasia Kuzyk, and Nathalie Warmerdam. We will bring some of them forward during the 16 Days of Activism because they directly reflect the work we have been doing for many years and speak to the reality of women who face the risk of gender-based violence (GBV), intimate partner violence (IPV) or femicide.
24/7 Crisis Support
- ASSAULTED WOMEN’S HELPLINE: 1-866-863-0511
- FEM’AIDE: 1-877-336-2433
- TALK4HEALING: 1-855-554-HEAL
Local Support
- Get Help in Thunder Bay District: https://www.endwomanabuse.com/get-help/local-resources/
- GBV Navigation Advocate: [email protected] or (807) 935-8042
Additional Resources
- Challenges in Risk Assessment with Rural Domestic Violence Victims: Implications for Practice: https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s10896-021-00248-7.pdf
- Risk Management and Safety Planning for Children living with Domestic Violence: A Critical Role for Social Workers and Social Service Workers: https://www.ocswssw.org/wp-content/uploads/2018_AMED_Session_A1.pdf
- Barriers to Safety Planning and Best Practices for Supporting Survivors of Domestic Violence in Rural, Remote, and Northern Regions (Kohtala, 2021): https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=10328&context=etd
- Children Experience Coercive Control: What You Need To Know: https://www.vawlearningnetwork.ca/our-work/issuebased_newsletters/issue-37/index.html
- Trauma- and Violence- Informed Approaches: Supporting Children Exposed to Intimate Partner Violence: https://www.vawlearningnetwork.ca/our-work/issuebased_newsletters/issue-31/index.html
- Safety Planning:
- HER TOOLKIT: Comprehensive Safety Assessment and Personalized Risk Management Tools for Women Experiencing Violence: https://www.theredwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Her-Toolkit-Table-of-Contents.pdf
- Safety Planning for People who Experience Domestic Violence: https://www.neighboursfriendsandfamilies.ca/i-want-to-help/safety-planning.html
- Safety Planning for Older Adults: Keeping Safe in Unhealthy Relationships: http://www.eapon.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/EAO-Safety-Planning-Toolkit-October-2018.pdf
- Safety Planning for Children (Luke’s Place): https://familycourtandbeyond.ca/keep-safe/children/
- Safety Planning with Children and Youth: A Toolkit for Working with Children and Youth Exposed to Domestic Violence: https://www2.gov.bc.ca/assets/gov/law-crime-and-justice/criminal-justice/victims-of-crime/vs-info-for-professionals/training/child-youth-safety-toolkit.pdf
- Culleton, Kuzyk & Warmerdam (CKW) Inquest advocacy toolkit (Luke’s Place, October 2022): https://lukesplace.ca/culleton-kuzyk-warmerdam-ckw-inquest-advocacy-toolkit/
- Culleton, Kuzyk & Warmerdam Inquest Jury Recommendations: https://lukesplace.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/CKW-Inquest-Verdict-Recommendations-SIGNED_Redacted.pdf
- Lessons from a Rural Inquest: Taking Action to Support the Recommendations from the Renfrew County Inquest (recording and slides): https://www.vawlearningnetwork.ca/our-work/special-events/renfrew-county-inquest/index.html
- Joint Statement on the Release of the National Action Plan to End Gender-Based Violence: https://lukesplace.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Final-Joint-Statement-on-NAP.pdf
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