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Voices Against Violence rallies set to take place across Canada
11 regions across Canada will hold rallies calling for the end of intimate partner violence. Faiza Amin sits down with rally organizers to discuss their continued efforts to strike out IPV.
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Sault Ste. Marie, ON to be part of Voices Against Violence rally
Sault Ste. Marie, ON – Voices Against Violence is organizing nationwide rallies in cities across Canada to raise awareness about violence against women and children.
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'We're going to try and change how we see survivors': Voices Against Violence to hold nationwide rally Monday
Voices Against Violence member Lucas Broadfoot, whose sister Breanna was a victim of femicide this past summer, will be speaking at the London, ON rally at London City Hall Oct 21. Source: Reta Ismail, CTV News London.
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Cait Alexander and Peter Laneas on Northern Perspectives to talk about Voices Against Violence rally
Oct 21, 12-1pm. Locations across Canada.
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“Most heinous crimes are being essentially forgotten”
Cait Alexander is a survivor, advocate, founder of EVE and co-organizer of Voices Against Violence. In 2021, Cait Alexander was nearly killed by her ex-partner. But it never went to trial. Delays meant her ex's right to a trial in a reasonable time was violated. Alexander wants to make sure that never happens to anyone ever again. Source: City News.
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Advocates for sexual assault survivors urged Feds to change criminal code
Co-founders of Survivor Safety Matters, Alexa Barkley and Tanya Couch, are calling on the federal government to change a section of the criminal code. Faiza Amin on why altering Section 278.1 could go a long way in protecting a victim's personal records. The Voices Against Violence rally, Oct 21, 2024, will advocate for better legislation such as this. Source: City News.
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Sault Ste. Marie to be one of the Ontario sites of Voices Against Violence cross-Canada rally
“These issues need to be brought forward again and again until government responds by changing the laws and making sure that survivors are heard, and more lives are not lost,” said organizer and advocate Cait Alexander. "We are not to be ignored." Read the article to hear more from Sault Ste. Marie based Angie’s Angels and Caitlin’s Heard advocates. Source: The Sault Star, by Elaine Della-Mattia.
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'Not going to let this destroy me'- Sudbury woman speaks out for sexual assault survivors
“I needed me and that's what I'm trying to be for somebody else” said Courtney Gaudreau, a survivor advocating for victims of SA and IPV. She is a co-organizer of the Voices Against Violence rally, happening across Canada on Oct 21. Read the article by Rajpreet Sahota about Gaudreau's fight to have the publication bans in her case removed so that she could speak out.