Women Are Worthy joins in remembering December 6th, 2012 to mark the twenty-third anniversary of the Montreal massacre of fourteen women, by a man who blamed women for all the misfortunes of his life. As public events are planned under the umbrella of Canada's National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women it is important that thought be also given to other women who have lost their lives their lives, and those who continually experience violence in many forms.
Statistics Canada states that 182 women were killed every year in Canada between 1994 and 2003, and that over 38,000 incidents of spousal abuse were reported to 149 police services across Canada in 2006.
The killing of women is an almost daily event in Canada, with over one hundred women being murdered by their male partners each year.In Montreal alone during 1990, there were more women killed by their partners,than the fourteen who were massacred the previous year.
Historically woen have not been valued as equal partnersin society, consequently abusive behavior towards them is often accepted and condoned.
Violence and other forms of abuse against women need to be seen as a national dilemma because they cut across boundaries of gegraphy, race, religion, age, and culture. In homes and in communities at large, during times of war or peace, women are beaten, raped, mutilated, and killed with impunity. We need to break the silence which surrounds the situation which has such far-reaching effects, not only on women as victims, but also on their children.
Some studies indicate that between 40% to 60% of assaultive men witnessed wife assault during their childhood, and that over 50% of young offenders charged with crimes against people were found to have been exposed to domestic violence.
Women Are Worthy, as part of our ongoing efforts to assist women in improving their lives, urges you to join hands to bring about awarenes and solutions regarding all forms of abuse against women.
As a follow-up to this day of remembering there will be a forum on the issue of
Emotional Abuse Against Women on Saturday,
December 8, 2012 at 408 Brock Street (south of Dundas Street) Whitby, from 7:00 to 9:oo p.m.
You are encouraged to bring the teen-age girls in your families.
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