A Report on violence against women in Perth and Huron Counties (2013)
Download the Opening the Door – Violence Against Women Report (2013) (PDF)
Violence against women represents a unique aspect of the wider social problem of violence, requiring special attention and a gendered analysis. Although men also experience violence, this study focuses on the experiences of women, recognizing the gendered nature of the violence they experience and its basis in the social conditions of gender inequality. Every year, violence in the home and the community devastates the lives of millions of women. In Ontario, less than a quarter of victims report the incident to police and many experience violence multiple times before they report it. In a 2009 Statistics Canada study on family violence in Canada, it was reported that more than 6% of Ontario women living in a common-law or marital relationship report experiencing physical or sexual assault by a partner.
