Communicating Equality

Preventing violence against women and girls (VAWG) remains one of the biggest issues of our time.

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Why VAWG Continues to Matter

One woman or girl is murdered every 48 hours in Canada. ^[1]

79% of adults who experienced intimate partner violence in 2019 were women. ^[2]

43% of Indigenous women have been sexually assaulted at least once. ^[3]

There's enough research on violence against women. We need action.

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Femicides on the rise as report indicates a woman or girl is killed every 48 hours in Canada

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'Beyond the Locker Room' program tackles gender-based violence in the arena and out

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What should Canada do about intimate partner violence? Five solutions from five survivors

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Canada’s shadow pandemic: Femicide | The Conversation

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Top Canadian women hockey players join fight in Hockey Canada investigation | City News

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‘This is a crisis’: Ontario police board wants femicide added to Criminal Code | The Star

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Daughter seeking systemic change at inquest into mother’s murder thinks ‘she’d be proud’ | CBC News

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We are addressing violence against women in Canada by:

If not now, when?

Building a pan-Canadian approach

We are drawing on a long partnership with Our Watch, Australia’s national leader in gender transformative primary prevention of violence against women. Together, we are adapting and creating a Canadian approach by engaging with communicators, journalists, violence prevention organizations, and men’s groups. We are creating materials, manuals and messages that communicate gender transformative principles into primary prevention of violence against women and girls.

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