In the news this week is the large number of small communities in Northern Canada that have no resources to support women vulnerable to abuse from their mates; no “women’s shelters” where they can seek refuge with their children, or victim’s counsellor services to advise them of their rights or attend to them after they are beat on.
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Just one week after a young woman was found dead behind the Gold Range Hotel in Yellowknife, residents around the territory are coming together to acknowledge the issue of violence in their communities with marches and vigils honouring victims and survivors.
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Tears were shed and silence broken last Thursday evening during the annual Take Back the Night march in Fort Smith as community members gathered to condemn violence against women, children and elders.
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The common conception that domestic and sexual violence are women’s issues was contested last Friday night as men vocalized their need to end the cycle of abuse.
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Pouring rain could not drown bright flames of candlelight honouring victims of violence against women during the annual Take Back the Night march in Fort Chipewyan last Tuesday night.
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In what was a moving moment typical of the annual Take Back the Night march in Fort Smith, one survivor of domestic abuse shared her personal account of the kind of violence affecting roughly a quarter of women in Canada each year.
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