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Platform of Demands<\/h3><\/div>

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Women\u2019s Centres are also<\/u> Engaged
\nin the Struggleto End Violence<\/p>\n<\/div><\/h1><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Background<\/h2><\/div>

Over the years, women\u2019s centres have developed special expertise around women\u2019s issues. The cornerstone of their expertise is unarguably a multipronged approach driven by an intersectional feminist perspective that puts women at the centre of any form of intervention. It respects both their pace and their choices and sees women as experts on their lived experience. This flexible, multifaceted approach is focused on supporting women\u2019s journeys towards autonomy and self-empowerment and often offers women support and resources before they find themselves confronted with the complex and multidimensional realities of violence. This preparedness approach puts a big emphasis on raising awareness about the many ways violence can manifest itself and on how everyday violence is often downplayed. It also calls out the systemic ways women are confronted with violence. Women\u2019s centres actively engage in being there for women experiencing all types of violence. Their work is an integral and complementary part of the work of other actors working in this field.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Our demandes<\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Whereas there is still much work to be done to end all types of gender-based violence;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

Whereas women\u2019s centres engage with the broad spectrum of violence and, as such, all forms of violence women may experience;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

Whereas violence against women goes beyond just domestic, conjugal, and sexual violence;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

Whereas the violence with which women are confronted is systemic;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Whereas the various manifestations and experiences of violence that women face vary based on the system of oppression at play in their lives;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

Whereas institutions and public services replicate forms of violence against women and thereby uphold and reinforce existing systems of oppressions and ultimately impede service accessibility;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

Whereas these forms of violence have negative repercussions on all women and particularly women subject to more than one system of oppression (such as Indigenous women, racialized women, immigrant women, LGBTQ+ individuals, women with disabilities, unhoused women, etc.);<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

Whereas women\u2019s centres play an instrumental role in the struggle to end violence against women and whereas their actions can help stir real social change;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Systems of Oppression<\/h2><\/div>

Social inequalities are rooted in systems of oppressions, that is to say that they are created by them. These systems reflect the different power dynamics around which society is organized. These various systems act on women\u2019s lives all at once, indivisibly so, and generate a complex matrix of violence.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>