Sharing intimate images without consent was the focus of Friday's International Women's Day flag-raising event in Thunder Bay, Ont. Here's what those involved shared in light of an ongoing cyber crime investigation in the northwestern Ontario city, as well as calls for action particularly for Indigenous women and girls.
Sharing intimate images without consent was the focus of Friday's International Women's Day flag-raising event in Thunder Bay, Ont. Here's what those involved shared in light of an ongoing cyber crime investigation in the northwestern Ontario city, as well as calls for action particularly for Indigenous women and girls.Karen Slomke, a social worker in Thunder Bay, Ont.
"The images themselves are not the issue, unless they were attained through extortion," Slomke said during the event at City Hall.As women gathered to raise the white and purple flag, they also spoke of ways to raise awareness of the impact the cyber crime incident has had on the community. "This type of event traumatizes every level of our community and just separates people more, because we know trauma impacts the ability of people to relate safely with one another."When women experience this type of sexual violence, this erodes their sense of community connection, Slomke said.
Gwen O'Reilly is the executive director of the Northwestern Ontario Women's Centre, which hosted Friday's event. O'Reilly said she invited Slomke to speak because she wanted to help prevent these incidents from occurring. Beyond that, she wants to see more support for women and girls as they navigate these situations in online spaces, and more accountability for the men at fault.
"I came up for high school when I was 14 and I had no support for that," she said. "I speak up now for young me, but also for future Indigenous youth."
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