Sexual assault centres are overwhelmed in the #MeToo era

Published On: November 6, 2018

In Waterloo Region, a woman was visiting her doctor’s office when she noticed a sign and phone number for the Sexual Assault Support Centre.

She went home and called the number, and shared that she was sexually abused as a child and it still haunted her.

“She said to me, ‘Is it too late? Am I too old to get help?'” Counsellor Andrea Arthur-Brown recalled. “It’s never too late,” she told her.

About 75 to 80 per cent of the sexual assault survivors supported by the centre have experienced historical sexual abuse.

Public conversations about sexual violence, stirred by the recent #MeToo movement, has meant that more survivors are calling sexual assault centres to share their stories. Read more here. 

Share This Story, Choose Your Platform!

  • On December 6: OCRCC stands in solidarity with those affected by gender-based violence

      On December 6, Ontario Coalition of Rape Crisis Centres (OCRCC)  stands in solidarity with those affected by gender-based violence: Despite high femicide rates and court stays in gender-based violence cases, [...]

    Published On: December 5, 2024

  • Violence against Indigenous women in Winnipeg case ‘purposeful and racially motivated’: OCRCC responds

    In 2022, four women were targeted, harmed and killed by the same man in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Rebecca Contois, 24, Morgan Harris, 39, Marcedes Myran, 26, and an unidentified woman who [...]

    Published On: May 27, 2024

  • CKXS: CK Declares Gender-Based Violence an Epidemic

    “You have the opportunity to support a simple but incredibly powerful recommendation…to declare intimate partner violence as an epidemic and I implore you to do so.” - Michelle Schryer, Executive [...]

    Published On: December 13, 2023