Vision: OCTEVAW aspires to a future in which: • No woman in our community need fear for her safety and well-being, or that of her children; • Respect for the inherent worth and dignity of all women is reflected in our public institutions; and, • All members of the community are united in supporting efforts to ensure a permanent end to violence and abuse of women and their children in Ottawa. [...] Values: in working collaboratively to achieve equality of rights, fair access to services and resources, and social justice for women and their children who have experienced abuse, OCTEVAW adheres to feminist, anti-racist, anti-oppression, and pro-choice principles and is committed to celebrating diversity, inclusiveness, and the dignity of all women and their children. [...] Additional objectives include: Providing a descriptive overview of services available to survivors of VAW in Ottawa; Consolidation and analysis, where data is available, of the demographic characteristics of survivors who access VAW services in Ottawa, as well as the manifestations of VAW (types or characteristics of the violence) that lead women to seek services; identification of gaps in knowled [...] The more important the pet is to the woman, the easier it is for the abuser to use the pet to emotionally abuse or control their partner. [...] Thus, for criminalized women reintegrating from prison, the anti-violence programs in the Ottawa area statistics regarding abuse and violence are significantly higher than clients in the to provide services to lgbTTQ individuals community, which replicates the known link between the victimization of women and families who have experienced inti- and incarceration.
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