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Are in immediate danger? Call 911 or your local police.

If you are experiencing violence, you are not alone and you are not to blame.

Woman abuse exists in all cultural, economic and religious communities. Abuse by an intimate partner (boyfriend, husband, date, same-sex partner) is the single major cause of injury among women in North America – more frequent than auto accidents, muggings and rapes combined. We are seven times more likely to be killed or hurt in our homes than by a stranger.

There is a greater risk of lethal violence when an intimate relationship is breaking down.

resources

• toronto & peel contact information
• toronto
• ontario
• canada
• international

links

• cover your tracks
• access a loan
• if you are experiencing violence
• create a safety plan

Toronto Links

• Springtide Resources
• The Women's Legal Education and Action Fund (LEAF)
• METRAC (Metropolitan Action Committee on Violence Against Women and Children)
• DAWN: DisAbled Women's Network
• Toronto Community Information - Abuse including sexual assault
• White Ribbon Campaign
• Barbra Schlifer Commemorative Clinic
• Sistering
• St. Christopher House: Violence against women and children

Ontario Links

• Assaulted Women's Helpline
• Centre for Research on Violence Against Women and Children
  (London, Ontario)
• The Ontario Women's Justice Network
• OCASI - Ontario Council of Agencies Serving Immigrants

Canadian Links

• YWCA of Canada, publications and resources
• National Clearinghouse on Family Violence
• Canadian Women's Foundation
• Amnesty International Canada - Human Rights of Women

international resources

• Amnesty International – stop violence against women
• International Center for Research on Women – violence
• United Nations – International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women
• V-Day – A Global Movement to Stop Violence Against Women and Girls

more

breakthrough
choices for living
YWCA beatrice house
YWCA arise
YWCA women's shelter
1st stop woodlawn
pape avenue apartments
humewood drive housing
housing for researchers
researchers housing portfolio
new developments - bergamot
ywca elm centre

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women’s housing advocacy group
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