Library Guides: Sexual and Gender-Based Violence: Domestic/Intimate Partner Violence

Resources

The Facts About Gender-Based Violence
Source: Canadian Women's Foundation
Facts and Figures: Ending Violence Against Women
Source: UN Women
Women in Canada: A Gender-Based Statistical Report
The above report includes several datasets that are related to Women in Canada including women’s family status, education, employment, economic well-being, and unpaid work, health. Updated on January 4, 2021. Source: Statistics Canada
Sexual Assault: Indigenous Women's Experiences of Not Being Believed by the Police
Rates of sexual victimization among Indigenous women are 3 times higher when compared with non-Indigenous women. The purpose of this secondary data analysis was to explore the experiences and recommendations of Indigenous women who reported sexual assault to the police and were not believed.

Stemming Violence and Abuse (Video Duration 29 minutes)
This program offers insights and suggestions that can stop dangerous incidents before they start.
TEDTalks: Jackson Katz: Violence Against Women - It's a Men's Issue (Video Duration 17 minutes)
Domestic violence and sexual abuse are often called "women's issues." Jackson Katz points out that these are intrinsically men's issues.
This Boy's Life (Video Duration 1 hour 44 minutes)
Set in the 1950s, a young boy and his footloose mother wind up living in a remote part of Washington state with a lout who both browbeats the youngster and beats him physically.
TEDTalks: Black Girls and Sexual Violence (Video Duration 15 minutes)
This talk was presented to a local audience at TEDxDrewUniversity, an independent event