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True or false? Men and women face violence in their relationships equally
By Nadine Wathen
For The Conversation
August 29, 2019
A woman or girl is killed in Canada every 2.5 days. In a recent interview with Maclean’s magazine, Maryam Monsef, Canada’s minister for women and gender equality, called the problem of gender-based violence a “four-alarm fire.”
Gender-based violence happens everywhere, but certain places (like campuses, the military and RCMP) have especially high rates. And certain groups like women with disabilities and Indigenous women and girls face higher rates of violence.
Economically, gender-based violence costs the Canadian economy billions per year.
Gender-based violence is a “wicked social problem” that’s defined as difficult or impossible to solve because of its prevalence, cost, harm and complicated solutions. The immediate causes of gender-based violence stem from individual actions, but it is as much, or more, about what we believe and tolerate as a society.
To start shifting our shared narratives, I propose some new ways to think about gender-based violence (continue reading).
