Every 10 seconds a woman is being raped in the United States.
Before a police report is made, a woman has already been assaulted as many as 35 times!
Assault of woman happens in all education and income brackets and in all religious and ethnic groups.
Children who witness abuse and violence are as traumatized as much as they would be if they had suffered the abuse themselves.
A woman killed in BC is more likely to have been killed by her partner than by anyone else, and she is more likely to be injured by her partner than in a car accident.
Woman are 13 times more likely to be abused in their own homes than by a stranger on the street.
Children from abusive homes are at a greater risk of abusing or being abused.
Violence affects all family members. whether they show the effects or not.
Date rape happens when someone you know coerces or forces you to do things you don't want to.
Four out of five victims of sexual assaults reported to police say they were attacked by someone they know.
1 out of every 2 women in Canada has been physically or sexually assaulted at least once (from the age of 16). This figure represents 51% of 10 million woman.
1 in 3 woman experience physical assault, from threats of assault to attacks causing serious injury.
Children witness violence in 4 out if 10 marriages where violence is reported.
45% of victims know their attackers.
29% of woman have experienced violence at the hands of a present or former partner.
15% of woman experience violence by the men they still live with.
63% of woman attacked by their male partner are assaulted more than once; 32% are assaulted more than 10 times.
Only 14% of violent incidents against woman are reported to the police.
Canada's Shelters for Abused Women (Stats Canada)
In 1997-1998, 90792 women and dependent children were admitted to 413 shelters for battered women across Canada
In a snapshot taken on April 20, 1998, there were 6115 residents in 422 shelters: 48% were women and 52% were dependent children. Almost three-quarters of these children were under 10 years old.
77% (2260) of women in shelters on April 20, 1998 were victims of abuse and the remainder were admitted for reasons other than abuse such as housing problems.
The majority of shelters offered the following in-house services to women residents: individual short term counseling (91%), advocacy (87%), parenting skills (82%), and housing referral (82%).
Services offered to resident children include indoor and outdoor recreational space (80%), individual counseling (75%), group counseling (53%), and programs for children who have witnessed abuse or experienced violence (53%).
On April 20, 1998, 407 shelters reported they had received 3590 requests for various services form non-residents and ex-residents.
Facilities reported providing an average of 41 outreach per week. Outreach work included supplying information, accompanying victims to court, meeting with clients to discuss possibilities/options, and participating in drop-in centers.
The operating costs reported by 411 shelters in 1997-1998 were $170 million.
Who's using Women's Shelters
78% of women citied psychological abuse.
67% physical assault
48% threats
42% financial abuse
38% harassment
26% sexual assault
Spousal Violence Reported to the Police
Information on spousal violence reported to the police in Canada is available from a sample of 179 police forces, representing 48% of the national volume of crime. There were 22254 incidents of spousal violence reported to the Revised Uniform Crime Reporting Survey in 1997; 88% involved female victims while 12% involved male victims. The majority of all spousal violence victims were victims of common assault. While women made up a higher percentage of victims in almost every spousal violence offence category men were more likely than women to be victims of major assault (22% vs. 13%), primarily because of the high proportionate use of weapons by female offenders (5% vs. 14%). However, firearms were seldom used by either men or women. 70% of women were victimized by a current spouse as compared to 66% men. Men (34%) were slightly more likely than women (30%) to be victimized by an ex-spouse.
Historically, wives have outnumbered husbands as victims of spousal homicides be a ratio of 3:1. Between 1974 and 1997, 1829 women were killed by their husbands compared to 556 men who were killed by their wives. In 1997, there were 61 women and 14 men killed by a spouse.
It's hard to leave someone you love.
On average, women leave the relationship
6-8 times before they leave permanently.
Say "NO!!" to violence.
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