Every Mother’s Day we celebrate and honour our mothers and the sacrifices they have made.
Many women who experience violence are mothers.
- As many as 1 in 4 women experience physical and/or sexual violence during pregnancy which increases the likelihood of having a miscarriage, still birth and abortion.
- Almost 6 in 10 women with children who were assaulted by spouses said their children heard or saw the violent episode (59%)
- In 2010, police-reported physical assaults accounted for 81% of incidents committed by spouses, against senior women.
Every day we work to change this reality. Because The Violence Stops Here.
1 in 6 Canadians have shared that their mother has been a survivor of violence by their father or father figure. This Mother’s Day, honour the mothers and grandmothers in your life by taking the pledge to end violence against women by:
