Domestic Violence

Domestic violence (also named domestic abuse or family violence) is violence or other abuse in a domestic setting, such as in marriage or cohabitation. Domestic violence is often used as a synonym for intimate partner violence, which is committed by one of the people in an intimate relationship against the other person, and can take place in heterosexual or same-sex relationships, or between former spouses or partners. In its broadest sense, domestic violence also involves violence against children, teenagers, parents, or the elderly. It takes multiple forms, including physical, verbal, emotional, economic, religious, reproductive, and sexual abuse, which can range …

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ACWS: Alberta Council of Women's Shelters · 24 September 2024 English

are experience of navigating the legal proud to have been a part of this system in cases of domestic violence organization and its mission, and we will and abuse, sharing what these continue to support

awareness and understanding of the impacts of domestic violence on families and communities, yet we know we continued workshops to their players. growing the Domestic Violence and Your Workplace in Smaller Centres We have dynamics of violence prevention. We also co- domestic violence and encourage launched the Immigrant Youth have been a part of this system in cases of domestic violence organization and its mission, and we will violence in addition to professionals and domestic violence education on sexual assault law and shelter


ICP: Institute for Community Prosperity · 24 September 2024 English

Other major supporters through the of community, pulsing transition of the Institute from Nonprofit to with original thinkers Community Prosperity included the McConnell and life-changing teach- Foundation, The Calgary Foundation, …

increase the adaptive capacity of experiencing domestic violence? communities to disasters? communities in Building Bridges: Leveraging Technology for Domestic Violence Support in Calgary. Institute for Community


CCHR: Canadian Centre for Housing Rights · 20 September 2024 English

3 Our research project, funded by The purpose of this present report is Making the Shift, seeks to imagine to share key insights aimed at transformed approaches to eviction actors …

of supporting alternate and survivors of domestic violence housing models, including co-ops and transitional


EVA: Ending Violence Association of BC · 17 September 2024 English

Untitled ANNUAL REPORT 2019/20 WHO WE ARE Resilience Then and Now As we began to face the pandemic and its unprecedented challenges in March 2020, the Ending Violence Association of …

queer) women and gender-diverse Webinar on Domestic Violence individuals who are currently, or have been Fifty-three participants viewed Addressing Domestic Violence in LGBT2SQ+ Communities For those who work four populations: Indigenous Highest-Risk Domestic Violence peoples, immigrants and refugees, rural, remote EVA BC delivered a one-day training on to domestic violence. Interagency Case Assessment Teams to 28 cross- Kootenays interviewing survivors of severe domestic violence in November 2019, offered in partnership with


SPCW: Social Planning Council of Winnipeg · 16 September 2024 English

project and the importance of this Last but not least, at Metropolis in March kind of work in the settlement and 2023, Adrianne presented the IOTK project immigration sector as …

large component of this project is to build domestic violence/intimate partner connections with ethnocultural


CDPC: Canadian Drug Policy Coalition · 16 September 2024 English

9 DISADVANTAGED GROUPS OF WOMEN In the CEDAW Committee’s “List of issues and questions prior to the submission of the tenth periodic report of Canada,” the Committee asked of Canada: …

of Substance Use Management Practices in Domestic Violence Shelters across Ontario,” Journal of Family


MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 15 September 2024 English

Pakistan has been a priority country for international development assistance since the early years of its creation. Though Pakistan celebrates National Women’s Day on 12 February each year to commemorate …

prohibit child marriage, sexual violence, domestic violence, karo-kari (honour killing), kid- napping economic opportunities and prevalence of domestic violence perpetrated by husbands or in-laws push women


VTPI: Victoria Transport Policy Institute · 12 September 2024 English

This analysis indicates that children tend to be healthier and more successful growing up in compact neighborhoods where residents frequently walk and bicycle, drive less at lower speeds, have affordable …

parks, as previously described. Domestic Violence Domestic violence harms children. Geographic differences differences in domestic violence rates largely reflect variations in income, employment and substance abuse psychosocial and physical health outcomes for domestic violence victims due to less access to social services services and less public support for domestic violence prevention policies (Edwards 2015). Crime Urban areas decline with walkability and local parks. Domestic violence Tends to increase with poverty, with special


CASW: Canadian Association of Social Workers · 11 September 2024 English

• A strong and demonstrable understanding of intimate partner violence (IPV), gender-based violence (GBV) and the systemic factors that undermine women’s safety, security, and human rights. [...] • A strong …

passion for serving the survivors of the domestic violence community, creating a culture that allows


NCCIH: National Collaborating Centre for Indigineous Health · 11 September 2024 English

It explores the realities and impact of community-based justice alternatives, their connection to health, and what is needed to affect and inspire change and address the current injustices reflected in …

we deal with – most of it has to do with domestic violence, B&E’s, that kind of thing that the court a lot of women that come to the program. Domestic violence, and usually it relates to intergenerational


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