Tanvi Yenna, RSW

These numbers come from the “Intimate partner violence in Canada” study published in 2018 by Adam Cottrell in 2021: https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/85-002-x/2021001/article/00003-eng.htm

More than 1 in 10 women has experienced sexual violence in an intimate relationship and almost all of them report feeling significant emotional impacts from this experience. Yet only 3% of those people would be likely to report these incidents to law enforcement. We know that the criminal legal system is often retraumatizing and does not end with “justice” for anyone. These statistics are frustrating but not at all shocking.

Reporting is not the only path forward for survivors. Finding healing does not have to involve any carceral system or legal process. We can help you come back to yourself again.

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