Domestic Violence Against Women: Violence Against Women

Domestic Violence Dept: And yet, for the most part, the policies and public discourse of this country imply violence against women in Canada is no big deal, according to The Star. Such is the current state of domestic violence against women in Canada and ask just about any woman in this country if she or a woman she knows has experienced violence, and the answer will be yes. But violence against women is a big deal, traumatizing thousands of women in this country and profoundly impacting their lives. Every six days a woman in Canada is killed by her intimate partner, and every day more than 3,000 women are living in emergency shelters to escape domestic violence. Twelve per cent of all violent crime in Canada or 40,000 arrests result from domestic violence each year, although only 22 per cent of all domestic violence incidents are reported to the police. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.