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The Town of Milton has declared intimate partner violence an epidemic.
October 29, 2023: Council members unanimously voted in support of a motion moved by Coun. Sameera Ali on Monday to shine a light on the growing issue.
There were more than 3,500 intimate partner violence calls to Halton Regional Police Service in 2022, leading to 2,100 charges and 949 arrests. Halton Women’s Place receives 2,500 calls every year to its crisis information and support line.
Zahraa Syeda, a Milton shelter manager with Sakeenah Canada — a national charity organization that provides transitional housing with wraparound services for Muslim women — told council, “women from all walks of life are vulnerable. The recognition of this becoming an epidemic is certainly a step forward.”
Members of survivor advocacy group SAFE — Survivor Advocate for Empowerment — also delegated at the meeting, with one woman sharing her experience being in an abusive relationship.
Sexual assault survivor says ‘there’s always a way out’
October 28, 2021: A new resource in Halton Region is hoping to empower sexual assault victims and survivors to know there are options for help.
CHCH News’ Kelly Botelho spoke with a survivor who said she was in a sexually and mentally abusive relationship back in 2015. She often thought her boyfriend may kill her one day.
Now, she wants other victims and survivors to know it’s not your fault and there’s always a way out. Kelly Botelho reports.
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