06 Dec 2022, 10:53 am
Today is White Ribbon Day.
There will be a moment of silence observed at 11:00 a.m EST and candlelight vigils around the world.
WRD is held in memoriam of the 14 women murdered in acts of femicide in Montréal on 6 December 1989.
It is also a day of remembrance for all victims of DV, gender-based violence, and intimate partner violence.
From Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89col ... e_massacre
Stats on violence against women:
Canada:
https://www.legalaid.on.ca/2019/10/16/d ... nst-women/
https://women-gender-equality.canada.ca ... rance.html
Australia:
https://www.whiteribbon.org.au/Learn-mo ... Statistics
UK:
https://www.whiteribbon.org.uk/
USA:
https://www.whiteribbonusa.org/
In Memoriam -- Victims of the École Polytechnique Massacre:
https://www.cbc.ca/montreal/features/remember-14/
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