Posts Tagged ‘gender based violence’
Building capacity to address gender-based violence
We are excited to announce the launch of a new resource called: Hosting Gender-Based Violence Trainings: A Train the Trainer Guide. Ending gender-based violence requires more than awareness. It requires knowledge, confidence, and the ability to support survivors in a safe and informed way. Across communities, many organizations want to host conversations, workshops, and training about gender-based violence but are…
Read moreBlack History Month
February is Black History Month, a time to celebrate the achievements of Black individuals and communities and to reflect on their ongoing fight for justice and equality. At Luke’s Place, we are solely devoted to improving the safety and experience of women and their children as they navigate the family law system after being subjected to intimate partner violence (IPV). Luke’s Place recognizes the intersections with Black History Month and…
Read moreLegal Support Across Ontario: Luke’s Place Legal Clinic
The Luke’s Place Legal Clinic provides free, confidential support to help women subjected to intimate partner violence (IPV) across Ontario navigate family law. Through the clinic, women connect with experienced family law lawyers who provide summary legal advice, guidance, and support. History of the Virtual Legal Clinic Luke’s Place launched a free in-person legal clinic in 2009, offering summary family…
Read moreFinding Hope Despite the Despair: Pamela Cross on Ending Gender-Based Violence, Hosted by CFUW Perth
On January 19th, feminist lawyer Pamela Cross will lead a virtual session titled “Finding Hope Despite the Despair: Moving Forward to End Gender-Based Violence.” In this powerful free online talk, hosted by CFUW Perth, Pamela draws on more than 30 years of frontline experience in the violence against women movement to explore why our legal systems continue to fail so…
Read moreFor immediate release: National Gender-Based Violence Legal Programs Face Funding Expiry, Advocates Call for Government Action
September 17, 2025 – For Immediate Release What: Federal funding for gender-based violence legal programs, trauma-informed legal support for survivors of sexual and intimate partner violence, that support the 50% of women and gender diverse people in Canada who experience gender-based violence survivors a year is set to end imminently, with no opportunity for renewal. …
Read moreFor immediate release: Ontario anti-violence organizations call for urgent federal action to end epidemic of gender-based violence
Ottawa, ON — September 9, 2025 — On the evening of Thursday, September 18, organizations supporting survivors of gender-based violence (GBV) from across Ontario will gather in Ottawa to demand a crisis-level government response to Canada’s epidemic of femicide and intimate partner violence. In Ottawa, the annual Take Back the Night march will conclude with…
Read moreWe can vote to end GBV!
Ontario’s election day is February 27 – ask all candidates to commit to help Ontario end Gender-Based Violence. 62 lives were taken by femicide in Ontario last year, including the killings of Indigenous women, girls and Two Spirit people, which Indigenous leaders and a National Inquiry have named as genocide. Those are only the confirmed cases.…
Read moreCommunity safety includes safety from gender-based violence
Community safety and well-being plans (CSWPs) came into being as the result of the Safer Ontario Act, passed by the provincial government in 2018. It requires municipalities to create these CSWP plans, but offers little in the way of detail about what the plans need to include. Recommendation #10 from the CKW inquest calls for…
Read moreJoint statement on the release of the National Action Plan to End Gender-Based Violence
As advocates who developed a Roadmap for the National Action Plan on Gender-Based Violence, we have been anxiously waiting for the release of this 10-year plan. This statement is our joint reaction to the federal government’s release on November 9, 2022, of its long-awaited National Action Plan to End Gender-Based Violence, which comes nearly two years after…
Read moreInitial reaction to the joint declaration and framework for action on gender-based violence
Today, the federal, provincial, and territorial governments recognized the importance of the issues of gender-based violence (GBV) and violence against women (VAW). We appreciate that some of the recommendations from the GBV sector have been taken into consideration in this joint declaration and framework for action. However, this document itself is not a National Action Plan…
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