Accepting New Board Member Applications
Our Executive Director Nneka was asked by CBC about the alarming increase in young femicide victims.
“People are operating under a very misguided belief that it won’t happen to them or anyone they know, but the increase in numbers means that it’s happening constantly,” she says.
Cross-Sectoral Solutions is a project is funded by Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) to adapt, pilot and evaluate an evidence-based, trauma-informed, multi-sectoral program for survivors of gender-based violence with resultant brain injury (GBV-TBI).
WomenatthecentrE’s Survivor Expert Collective (WE SEC) is a survivor advisory collective that provide strategic direction of the project key activities and deliverables. WE SEC will act as a group that holds the organization and key stakeholders accountable to survivors as the main priority of our work.
Learn a little bit about the role below!
We are delighted to announce the four host sites that will be administering the pilot project for our Cross Sectoral Solutions initiative!
At a news conference in Ottawa, representatives from a coalition of feminist organizations call on the federal government to make changes to the Divorce Act. Taking part were Tiffany Butler, executive director of the National Association of Women and the Law (NAWL), and Julie Rioux, whose petition (e-4517) calls for changes to the use of “parental alienation” and associated concepts in family child custody cases.
They were joined by Suzanne Zaccour (director of legal affairs, NAWL), Nneka MacGregor (executive director, WomenatthecentrE), Grace Tabaka (director, Défense des droits des jeunes, Regroupement des Auberges du cœur), and Deepa Mattoo (executive director, Barbra Schlifer Commemorative Clinic).
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This research associate would support our program evaluation process by supporting survivor research participants complete surveys monthly, during a 20-week program intervention. The research associate would also organize all the survey collected data, ensuring our research blinding protocol is enacted effectively and data is kept anonymous and confidential.
We along with other feminist organizations have sent a joint appeal to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, calling for a ceasefire.
We, the undersigned, a coalition of feminist, gender justice, and human rights organizations, come together to add our collective voice, echoing the concerns of Canadians and advocates worldwide. The escalating death toll in the Palestine and Israel region demands immediate attention and action. We implore the Canadian Government to wield its influence forcefully, demanding an immediate ceasefire in the occupied Gaza Strip and Israel. We call on our government to join the international effort to monitor the ceasefire.
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Our Program Manager Nicole and Community Outreach Coordinator Marlee discuss the need for restorative justice as an option for sexual violence victims with Newmarket Today.
Liss, who is now a restorative justice advocate and somatic coach, recalled there was never a mention of restorative justice or alternatives when she was led into the punitive system after she was sexually assaulted in 2016.
“So I actually did end up reporting to the police, and I went through the punitive process for three years. And my very first thought was that I was going to drop the charges because I didn’t want to do that. At the same time, I felt a lack of closure or justice, and I was grieving a lot.”
Her case was one of Ontario’s only cases in which a criminal sexual assault offence had been resolved through restorative justice.
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Our Executive Director Nneka discusses the new record of femicides reached in Canada with The Bridge.
Nneka MacGregor, miembro del Femicide Observatory y cofundadora del Black Femicide Canada Council dijo que es crucial tener discusiones francas sobre el papel de la raza y el racismo en la violencia de género, además de recopilar datos para ayudar a comprender el alcance total del problema..
Our Executive Director Nneka and our Community Outreach Coordinator Marlee Liss were interviewed by the Toronto Star!
This sexual assault survivor took part in a ‘restorative justice’ process in 2019. She’s pushing for others to have the same chance. Despite the positive feedback from all involved, allowing a criminal sexual assault case to be resolved through restorative justice has almost never been permitted again in Ontario since Marlee Liss went through the process in 2019.
Our Executive Director Nneka and Board Co-chair Tope discuss the femicide epidemic with the Toronto Star.
Mallia’s death also underscores how crucial it is to have frank discussions about the role of race and anti-Black racism in gender-based violence, said Nneka MacGregor, a member of the Femicide Observatory and co-founder of the Black Femicide Canada Council..
