The YWCA of Canada has marked December 3rd as a 'National Action Day' to meet with your Member of Parliament at their constituency office to discuss the impact of violence against women and homelessness, and urge action to establish a National Housing Strategy for women. Women who suffer domestic violence are often forced out of their homes either directly by their abuser, or voluntarily leave to try and escape the abuse. Too often victims of domestic abuse have nowhere to go, ending up on local streets that can soon become as dangerous as their abusers back home. Says YWCA CEO Paulette Senior:' For women, life on the street ranges from dangerous to deadly. Every year in Canada, 100,000 abused women and children leave their homes for emergency women's shelters. Many young women and women with mental health and addiction issues never make it to shelter at all. They struggle on the streets of our cities, in poverty and vulnerable to sexual harassment, violence and murder'.
In partnership with the YWCA's broader 'White Ribbon Campaign', the world's largest movement of men working to end violence against women, the National Action Day calls on all Canadians to contact their local MP and discuss how to end violence against women and homelessness. Parliament does not sit on Fridays, freeing MPs to meet with their local constituents through appointments. For more information on how you can help, please visit:
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