"Ottawa city council declares intimate partner violence an #epidemic with 37% of #women in #OttawaValley experiencing it. What can we do? Speak out, support survivors, and hold abusers accountable. Let's work towards a safer community for all.

Nelson House of Ottawa-Carleton [Women's shelter]"

@NelsonOttawa

"Ottawa [Ontario] has 12,000 people on the waitlist for affordable housing. Last year, Interval House, a centre for abused women and children, had to turn away 940 women who were seeking safe shelter."

https://ottawa.ctvnews.ca/ottawa-city-council-declares-intimate-partner-violence-an-epidemic-1.6304415#:~:text=Ottawa%20city%20council%20has%20declared,women%20in%20the%20Ottawa%20Valley