As women’s advocates, we know that the threat of violence continues to loom too large as a reality in the lives of Indigenous girls and women in Canada. On average, Indigenous women aged 25 to 44 are five times more…
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Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls: “pervasive, immediate and urgent”
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Posted in Campaigns & Education, Policy & Political Action, Uncategorised
Vast Majority Of Ontarians Oppose Cuts To Legal Aid
Three-quarters of Ontarians are opposed to the province’s cuts to Legal Aid Ontario, a new poll has found. Legal Aid Ontario provides legal support and representation for residents with little to no income, at family and criminal court, and to…
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Sexual Violence: Rural realities
While all survivors of violence face barriers to getting the support they need, rural survivors of sexual violence face concerns that urban survivors do not. Sexual violence is easily hidden in vast communities were women are isolated from loved ones…
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Ontario Coalition of Rape Crisis Centres (OCRCC) Responds to Attack at synagogue in Poway, California and other targeted attacks
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Posted in Policy & Political Action, Press Releases, Uncategorised
Ontario Coalition of Rape Crisis Centres (OCRCC) acknowledges and condemns the targeted violent attack at a Chabad synagogue in Poway, California, outside San Diego this weekend. Six months after the Pittsburgh synagogue massacre, one month since the Christchurch mosque attacks…
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Ontario Coalition of Rape Crisis Centres responds to the Student Voices on Sexual Violence Survey findings
Sexual violence can happen anywhere. Yet colleges and universities in Canada are home to those who are at the highest statistical risk of experiencing sexual violence: young women between the ages of 15 and 25 years[1]. In this, it makes…
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Sexual violence crisis centre faces an uncertain future
OCRCC Ontario Coalition of Rape Crisis Centres
Posted in OCRCC in the Media, Policy & Political Action, Uncategorised
York Region’s only sexual violence crisis centre faces an uncertain future after promised provincial funding falls through. The Women’s Support Network of York Region, based in Newmarket and serving survivors of sexual violence across the region’s vast urban and rural…
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One-time Funding Resources for Ontario Sexual Assault Centres: Ontario Coalition of Rape Crisis Centres (OCRCC) Responds
A year ago, on March 1, 2018, the Province of Ontario launched a strategy which would see a significant increase in funding for Ontario sexual assault centres. At that time, the government — and sexual violence support service providers alike…
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$11.5 million increase to shelters and counselling, but no news on Sexual Violence Support services
Last week, Minister Responsible for Women’s Issues Lisa McLeod announced a $11.5 million increase to shelters and counselling services. While we laud this investment as positive for our shelter sisters and counselling services, this announcement created significant confusion among Ontario…
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Ontario’s Resolution R4 (on gender identity): OCRCC Responds
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Posted in OCRCC Activities, Policy & Political Action, Uncategorised
Ontario Coalition of Rape Crisis Centres (OCRCC) denounces resolution R4, the PC government’s recent draft resolution to not recognize gender identity. If confirmed, this resolution would guide the Ontario’s PC party’s policies. The inclusion of gender identity in curriculum, school-based…
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#SurvivorsCan’tWait: Ontario rape crisis centres still awaiting funding promised
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Posted in OCRCC Activities, OCRCC in the Media, Uncategorised
Included in the Ontario gender-based violence strategy was up to $14.8-million over three years to increase the capacity of current Sexual Assault Centres — as well as open new ones in communities where none currently exist. The Sexual Assault Centre…
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Tagged with: #MeToo, #SurvivorsCantWait, counselling, Education, sexual assault, sexual harassment, support
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