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Peel Regional Police Chief Nishan Duraiappah said the system had failed these women and made preventing Intimate partner violence a critical priority. In 2019, 13 of 31 murders in the region were domestic incidents and police responded to just under 20,000 incidents of family and intimate-partner violence.
Several police vehicles parked at a shooting scene on residential street in Brampton July 28, 2020, as police officers keep people back from police tape. Last year, police responded to about 20,000 incidents of family and intimate-partner violence. (CBC)
The new IPV unit is based on the Family Justice Centre model, where multiple agencies offer services for survivors of family violence in the same location. Officers wear plain clothes and information is not shared with police without the client s consent.
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It will also engage with Black women’s community organizations and experts by convening a National Steering Committee by and for diverse Black women and girls, and develop and deploy a comprehensive national gender equity strategy to address systemic factors contributing to anti-Black racism. (File photo: @clemono/Unsplash)
Black women and girls in Canada are at greater risk of gender-based violence (GBV) and the Government of Canada is working closely with partner organizations, experts, and those with lived experience to address this and ensure access to appropriate, intersectional, and timely support services.
Today, the Honourable Maryam Monsef, Minister for Women and Gender Equality and Rural Economic Development, announced up to $2.5 million in federal funding for a new project that will advance gender equity and prevent gender-based violence (GBV) against Black women and girls during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond.