WAVE Working Against Violence, Erie Working Against Violence, Erie is a group of citizens concerned with the issue of violence against women. The terms wife abuse or wife assault are used when a man hurts or threatens a woman he is in a relationship with. If a man is abusive it is because he wants to have power and control over his partner. All kinds of women are being abused - young, old, disabled, pregnant, poor, rich, immigrant women and women who were born in Canada. Women are abused every day.
Abuse can start with a slap and end in murder.
Children who see violence in their home may remember it for the rest of their lives. Wife abuse also includes emotional abuse. This abuse must be stopped. Women have the right to be safe. This Web Page was produced with the support of The Niagara Centre for Community Leadership.