Some women are very angry and want to get the offender behind bars, others are scared and know they would be unable to complete the legal process. Her only duty is to herself. Remember she is already a victim. If she is unable to go to court, then that is her decision. We are not the ones that have to live with nightmares and the fear of facing the offender again in court.
Cases take, on average, one and a half years to get through the legal process.
Just when she may have her life back in order, she may have to relive the whole thing again in front of a court. This means we do all we can to allow the woman to gain control of the situation and realize her full potential regardless of societal constraints. Our services are designed to empower the survivor and avoid revictimization while in the process of healing. All women have felt powerless at one time or another in our lives so, most of us can understand what it feels like to be assaulted sexually. According to the statistics, one in three women in Canada will experience some form of sexual violence at some time in her life.