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By the Numbers – Violence against women is #NOTokay

Toronto – November 26, 2014 – In a 2009 Canadian national survey, women reported 460,000 incidents of sexual assault in just one year. It is estimated that only about 10% of all sexual assaults are reported to police.
 

3000+
On an average night, more than 3,000 women stay in emergency shelters to escape abuse.

6
On average, every six days a woman in Canada is killed by her intimate partner.

31%
The percentage of women who experienced insults and name-calling from partners, that were also physically or sexually assaulted by them.

67%
The percentage of people in Canada who know a woman who has been a victim of violence.

200%
Teenage girls are 200% more likely to be targets of family violence than teenage boys.

92%
Of all reports by 12 to 14-year-olds to the police of a violent dating experience, 92% of those contacting the police were girls.

79%
The percentage of women respondents to an Ottawa survey who reported experiencing street harassment in the past year.

58%
The percentage of women in the Ottawa survey who received sexist comments.

21%
The percentage women in the Ottawa survey who were stalked or followed.

9%
The percentage of women in the Ottawa survey who were grabbed or touched.

3
Out of every 1000 sexual assaults in Canada, only 3 lead to a conviction.

 

SOURCES: Hollaback! Ottawa, 2013. “Our City, Our Space, Our Voice: A report on street harassment in Ottawa.” Mahony, Police-Reported Dating Violence in Canada, 2008. Statistics Canada, 2010. 2009 General Social Survey: Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Family Violence in Canada: A Statistical Profile, 2011 and 2009. General Social Survey: Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Measuring Violence Against Women: Statistical Trends, 2013

 

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