6 month waitlist for counselling from the #sexualassault centre

6 month waitlist for #supervisedaccessprogram services

largely due to limited/lack funding for additional resources.

#snapshot2023 #counselling #waitlist #hamilton #hamon #hamon t

2,543 - the # of #domesticviolence / #sexualassault reports to #VAW agencies in #Hamilton in 2023.

*Statistic presented in collaboration with the SADVCC, GSWS, NWC, SVPRO McMaster, Willow's Place, Immigrant Working Centre

#snapshot2023 #hamont #hamON #endvaw #vawagency #report

In #Hamilton last year:

280 - self-identified #Indigenous women in #shelter / receiving support

192 - #newcomer , #immigrants , and #refugees in shelter/receiving #support

90 - #Francophone / #French speaking #women in shelter/receiving support

#snapshot2023 #hamon #hamon t

2,057 - the # of women who received VAW counselling through VAW agencies.

*Stat provided in collaboration with GSWS, YWCA Hamilton, IHOH, IH, NWC, SACHA, Willow's Place, CSCHN, SA/DVCC

#snapshot2023 #endvaw #vaw #hamilton #hamont #hamON #counselling #women

2,048 - # of women experiencing homelessness accessing transitional/ drop-in support*.

*Statistic presented in collaboration with YWCA Hamilton, Willow's Place, Centre de santé Hamilton/Niagara
#snapshot2023 #vaw #hamilton #hamont #hamON #homelessness #precariouslyhoused #women

2,117 - the # of women accessing homeless/precariously housed supports in #Hamilton in 2023.

*Statistic presented in collaboration with Inasmuch House, YWCA Hamilton, Willow's Place, Womankind

#snapshot2023 #endvaw #vaw #hamont #hamON #homelessness #precariouslyhoused #women

5,644 - the # of #women turned away from VAW #shelter due to shortage of beds in #Hamilton in 2023.

*Statistic presented in collaboration with Good Shepherd Women's Services, Emma’s Place, Womankind, Native Women’s Centre

#snapshot2023 #endvaw #vaw #hamont #hamON #vaw shelter

1,735 - the # of sexual violence crisis/helpline calls in Hamilton in 2023.

*Statistic presented in collaboration with SACHA

#snapshot2023 #endvaw #vaw #hamilton #hamont #hamON #supportsurvivors #believesurvivors #statistics #sexualviolence

5,993 - the # of VAW #shelter crisis/helpline calls in #Hamilton in 2023.

*Statistic presented in collaboration with Interval House of Hamilton, Inasmuch House, Good Shepherd Women's Services, Willow's Place, Native Women’s Centre

#snapshot2023 #vaw #hamont #hamON #vaw shelter

1,130 - the # of #women and #children in #VAWshelter in #Hamilton in 2023

*Statistic presented in collaboration with Interval House of Hamilton, Inasmuch House, Good Shepherd Women’s Services, Emma’s Place, Womankind, Native Women’s Centre
#snapshot2023 #hamont #hamON #shelter

13 - the # of police reported human trafficking in Hamilton in 2023.

*Statistic presented in collaboration with the Hamilton Police Service

#snapshot2023 #endvaw #ipv #hamilton #hamont #hamON #supportsurvivors #believesurvivors #police #statistics #humantrafficking

606 - the # of police reported sexual violence reports in Hamilton in 2023.

*Statistic presented in collaboration with the Hamilton Police Service IPV Unit #snapshot2023 #sexualviolence #ipv #hamilton #hamont #hamON #supportsurvivors #believesurvivors #police #statistics

3,514 - the # of police domestic violence related charges in Hamilton in 2023.

*Statistic presented in collaboration with the Hamilton Police Service IPV Unit

#snapshot2023 #endvaw #domesticviolence #ipv #hamilton #hamont #hamON #supportsurvivors #believesurvivors #police

6,920 - the # of police domestic violence and intimate partner violence reports in Hamilton in 2023.

*Statistic presented in collaboration with the Hamilton Police Service IPV Unit

#snapshot2023 #enddv #ipv #hamilton #hamont #hamON #supportsurvivors #police

Le mois de mai est le mois de la prévention de l'agression sexuelle.
Engageons nous à soutenir les survivants et survivantes de la violence sexuelle et à collaborer avec les organismes communautaires et les défenseurs pour aborder et mettre fin à la violence sexuelle à Hamilton.

May is Sexual Violence Prevention Month

Red Dresses exhibit “Missing” opening at the Central Hamilton PL
The dresses are beautiful, hung with images & bios of stolen sisters. Cedar has been laid around the room and directly under 4 dresses in the centre. #HamOnt #MMIWG #NoMoreStolenSisters

May is Sexual Violence Prevention Month!

It takes a community to end sexual violence.

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12,042 - the # of police domestic violence and intimate partner violence calls in Hamilton in 2023.

#snapshot2023 #endvaw #ipv #hamilton #hamont #hamON #supportsurvivors #believesurvivors #police #police calls

WAWG community agencies in Hamilton that collaborate on addressing and ending gender based violence, and contribute to the 2023 snapshot of gender based violence stats.
#hamilton #hamON #HamOnt #endgbv #collaboration #communitycoordination