This week is also used to recognize local agencies that provide services to women who are experiencing violence, and their efforts to increase awareness about preventing violence against women. The Women's Equality Web site also features a new toolkit to help raise awareness of the prevention of violence against women. This resource was developed specifically for use by community-based groups. Time and experience have shown us that reaching out to women and men on this issue has the greatest effect when it occurs community by community. The Ministry of Women's Equality dedicates more than 90 per cent of its budget to violence-prevention services and support services for women who are experiencing or have experienced violence in their lives.
People can end violence.
People can work together to create an environment that values and respects women and their contributions.