Even when a one-of-a-kind program is supporting over 100 rural women experiencing intimate partner violence, it’s still hard to find the money to keep it running, says the head of Hamilton’s Interval House.
Ontario's next government must address 'pain and injustice' of intimate partner violence, say Hamilton groups | CBC News Loaded
The province has yet to declare intimate partner violence an epidemic, despite a push by the Ontario NDP and dozens of municipalities. The exception is Interval House's Flamborough Women's Resource Centre, said Judi Partridge, who co-founded the satellite location in 2005."You've got women who are living in beautiful homes and yet they're only allowed to go out for an hour to do their shopping, they're given a certain amount of money and if they don't come back, they're living under constant threats like, 'you'll never see your children again.
One year in and WARES has already met with 100 women experiencing initiate partner violence in the rural areas of Upper Stoney Creek, Glancaster, Binbrook, Dundas, Ancaster and Winona, Taylor said. The PCs say it has invested $1.4 billion annually to address and prevent gender-based violence, as well as $247 million to fund emergency shelters, counselling, 24-hour crisis lines, safety planning and transitional housing.
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