Cathy Rose of Fortune, P.E.I. is the chairperson of the P.E.I. Advisory Council on the Status of Women. She provided the following opinion article. On ...
Montreal massacre remembrance ceremony December 7, 2011 Photo by Keith Gosse/The TelegramCathy Rose of Fortune, P.E.I. is the chairperson of the P.E.I. Advisory Council on the Status of Women. She provided the following opinion article.
A 2009 study showed violence costs billions of dollars: $7.4 billion to deal with the aftermath of spousal violence alone. In light of these facts, restoring community is challenging. One of the most promising recent developments in P.E.I. is a commitment to implement a domestic violence court option for people experiencing violence in their relationships.
Women lack confidence in our current court systems. Gender-based violence tends to be underreported. Seventy percent of people who experience spousal violence and 93 per cent of people who experience childhood abuse have not spoken to authorities. Abusers, especially those who use coercive control, sometimes continue to use the legal system after a break-up to manipulate, control, and abuse their former partner.
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