Assessing
Violence Against Women:
A Statistical Profile (2002)
A research report
commissioned by the
Federal-Provincial-Territorial Ministers
Responsible for the Status of Women
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News Release
Violence against women continues to be problem: serious impacts on Canada's
health, justice and social system [from the Dec. 3, 2002 news
release]
OTTAWA — Thirteen
years after the tragic deaths of 14 young women in Montreal, violence against
women in Canada continues to be a significant and persistent social and
economic problem. This key finding is contained in a major report called Assessing
Violence Against Women: A Statistical Profile, which was released today by
the Hon. Jean Augustine, Secretary of State (Multiculturalism) (Status of
Women).
In particular, the report demonstrates that
young women are the most vulnerable to spousal assault, spousal homicide and
sexual assault. The information in the report serves as an important ‘red
flag’ that highlights this emerging problem of high rates of violence
against young women and the increasing demand on social services for battered
women. [more]
Background
During their July 1999 annual meeting, the Federal-Provincial-Territorial
(F-T-P) Ministers Responsible for the Status of Women reiterated their
commitment to eliminating violence against women with the adoption of the
document "Preventing Violence Against Women: A Strategic
Framework."
This Framework was based on the vision of
equality and of the rights of all to live in safe communities, free of
violence and the threat of violence. The Framework, developed to guide policy
and program development in the area of violence prevention, is based on a
common vision and shared goals and follows the Iqaluit Declaration released by
Ministers in December 1998. The Framework reflects strategies and
initiatives that work and highlights best practices to prevent violence.
"Assessing Violence Against Women"
was developed in the context of the Strategic Framework. In September
2000, the F-P-T Ministers Responsible for the Status of Women agreed to
commission Statistics Canada to design a limited number of salient indicators
on the severity and prevalence of violence against women.
As noted in the report's
Foreword, this first attempt to develop reliable, valid
and complete indicators has revealed that continued data gathering and
research are needed. This document is intended to be studied by
governments, equality-seeking women's organizations, other non-governmental
organizations, academics and those involved in the policy process. It is
hoped that a wide range of audiences will find these preliminary indicators
useful in maintaining awareness of the need to prevent violence in our
society.
Ministry's Stopping the Violence Web Pages
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