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Eliminating Intimate Partner Violence in Ontario
Mobilizing strategic action to end intimate partner violence across Ontario.
Femicide and intimate partner violence are a public-health crisis in Ontario. More than 115 municipalities have formally declared IPV an epidemic; the province has not. CFUW Ontario Council is mobilizing members to demand provincial declaration and fully-funded implementation of the 86 Culleton, Kuzyk & Warmerdam (CKW) Inquest recommendations.
KEY FACTS
The numbers behind our position
Every 4-5 days
A woman is killed by an intimate partner in Canada
70%
Of nights Ontario shelters turn women away due to capacity.
6x
Indigenous women are 6× more likely to be murdered than non-Indigenous women.
1 in 3
Women worldwide experience physical or sexual violence, mostly from a partner
WHAT WE'RE ASKING THE PROVINCE
Our position
01
Formally declare intimate partner violence an epidemic in Ontario.
02
Fund a coordinated provincial response to the CKW recommendations
03
Embed IPV prevention in public systems
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