in order to raise awarness of violence Booth University College helped put together a video. music was writen by tool and performed bythe string Quartet Tribute to Tool.
WHERE IS VIOLENCE?
HOW DOES IT AFFECT US?
LET ME COUNT THE WAYS...
198
THE NUMBER OF FEMALE VICTIMS OF HOMICIDE IN CANADA IN 2004.
ON AVERAGE, 182 FEMALES WERE KILLED EVERY YEAR IN CANADA BETWEEN 1994 AND 2003.
62
THE NUMBER OF FEMALE VICTIMS OF SPOUSAL HOMICIDE IN 2004.
OF THOSE, 27 WOMEN WERE KILLED BY THEIR LEGALLY MARRIED HUSBAND.
20 BY A COMMON-LAW PARTNER
15 BY A SEPARATED OR DIVORCED HUSBAND.
13
THE NUMBER OF WOMEN KILLED BY A CURRENT OR FORMER BOYFRIEND IN 2004.
23%
THE PERCENTAGE OF FEMALE VICTIMS WHO REPORTED THAT THE MOST SERIOUS FORM OF VIOLENCE EXPERIENCED WAS BEING BEATEN OR THREATENED BY A GUN.
44%
THE PERCENTAGE OF FEMALE VICTIMS OF SPOUSAL ABUSE WHO INDICATED THAT THEY SUFFERED INJURY BECAUSE OF VIOLENCE
13% OF WOMAN WHO WOULD SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION OUT OF THAT 44%.
38%
THE PERCENTAGE OF WOMEN WHO REPORTED THE ABUSE TO THE POLICE WHO SOUGHT A RESTRAINING ORDER.
24%
THE PERCENTAGE OF ABORIGINAL WOMEN WHO SAID THEY HAD SUFFERED VIOLENCE FROM A CURRENT OR PREVIOUS PARTNER IN THE FIVE-YEAR PERIOD UP TO 2004.
21%
THE OVERALL RATE OF ABORIGINAL SPOUSAL VIOLENCE (BOTH MEN AND WOMEN) DURING THIS PERIOD,
-THIS IS COMPARED WITH 6% FOR THE NON-ABORIGINAL POPULATION.
11%
PERCENTAGE OF WOMEN AGED 15 AND OLDER WHO STATED THAT THEY WERE STALKED IN A WAY THAT CAUSED THEM FEAR.
THIS WAS THE EQUIVALENT OF 1.4 MILLION WOMEN.
9%
WOMEN REPORTED THAT THEY HAD BEEN STALKED BY EITHER A CURRENT OR PREVIOUS SPOUSE, OR COMMON-LAW PARTNER.
58,486
THE NUMBER OF WOMEN WHO SOUGHT REFUGE IN ONE OF 473 SHELTERS ACROSS CANADA BETWEEN APRIL 1, 2003 AND MARCH 31, 2004.
OVERALL, THERE WERE 543 KNOWN SHELTERS IN CANADA PROVIDING RESIDENTIAL SERVICES TO ABUSED WOMEN AND THEIR CHILDREN.
76%
THE PERCENTAGE OF WOMEN WHO SOUGHT REFUGE IN A SHELTER ON APRIL 14, 2004 WHO WERE ESCAPING ABUSE.
THE VAST MAJORITY OF WOMEN STAYING IN SHELTERS TO ESCAPE ABUSE WERE FLEEING PSYCHOLOGICAL OR EMOTIONAL ABUSE.
ALMOST 70% REPORTED PHYSICAL ABUSE, 50% THREATS, 46% FINANCIAL ABUSE, 31% HARASSMENT AND 27% SEXUAL ABUSE.
ABOUT ONE IN THREE ABUSED WOMEN IN SHELTERS ON APRIL 14, 2004 HAD REPORTED THEIR MOST RECENT ABUSIVE INCIDENT TO POLICE.
OF THE WOMEN WHO HAD STAYED IN SHELTERS PREVIOUSLY, 40% HAD BEEN THERE ONCE IN THE PREVIOUS YEAR
38%
HAD BEEN THERE TWO TO FOUR TIMES AND ABOUT 1 IN 10 HAD BEEN TO A FACILITY FIVE TIMES OR MORE DURING THE PREVIOUS YEAR.
221
THE NUMBER OF WOMEN, ALONG WITH 112 CHILDREN WHO COULD NOT, OR WOULD NOT BE ACCOMMODATED AT ONE OF 93 SHELTERS ON APRIL 14, 2004.
OF THESE 93 SHELTERS, 62% REPORTED THE REASON FOR REFERRING THEM ELSEWHERE WAS BECAUSE THE SHELTER WAS FULL.
DOWN FROM 75% IN 2001/02.
OTHER REASONS FOR TURNING AWAY CLIENTS RELATE TO PROBLEMS WITH ALCOHOL AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE.
3,519
THE NUMBER OF WOMEN ADMITTED TO 31 ON-RESERVE SHELTERS BETWEEN APRIL 1, 2003 AND MARCH 31, 2004.
YOU CAN TRY AND COVER IT UP BUT ITS STILL THERE.
VIOLENCE FEAR
BUT JUST BECAUSE YOU CAN'T SEE IT DOSN'T MEAN IT'S NOT THERE.
HOPE FAITH
HOPE KNOWS NO FEAR
HOPE DARES TO BLOSSOM
EVEN INSIDE THE ABYSMAL ABYSS.
HOPE SECRETLY FEEDS AND STRENGTHENS PROMISE.
HOPE PASSES BEYOND,
FAR BEYOND THE ABYSS OF DESPAIR.
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