{"id":10120,"date":"2023-10-03T08:54:21","date_gmt":"2023-10-03T12:54:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rcentres.qc.ca\/?p=10120"},"modified":"2024-10-28T10:33:12","modified_gmt":"2024-10-28T14:33:12","slug":"womens-centres-call-for-recognition-for-the-work-they-do-in-the-fight-to-end-violence-against-women","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rcentres.qc.ca\/en\/womens-centres-call-for-recognition-for-the-work-they-do-in-the-fight-to-end-violence-against-women\/","title":{"rendered":"Women\u2019s Centres Call for Recognition for the Work They Do in the Fight to End Violence Against Women"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>To mark Provincial Women\u2019s Centre Day, L\u2019R des centres de femmes (also known as L\u2019R) releases today a <a href=\"https:\/\/rcentres.qc.ca\/en\/platform-of-demands\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">platform of demands to seek recognition for their work surrounding issues of violence against women<\/a>. L\u2019R is the largest, feminist, autonomous community action network in the province. The network and its <a href=\"https:\/\/rcentres.qc.ca\/centres-de-femmes\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">77 member centres<\/a> are mobilizing under the banner of \u201c<em>Working Together to End the Violence.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Women\u2019s centres know their regions and communities, and this has helped them develop a special kind of expertise that informs their work in the struggle against violence. This expertise is also informed by a holistic approach to women\u2019s unique and diverse experiences. \u201cIntervention work, and awareness-raising work, around the issue of violence against women is fundamentally part of a women\u2019s centre\u2019s mission,\u201d explains Nadia Morissette, L\u2019R\u2019s General Coordinator. \u201cWomen\u2019s centres want to improve the everyday lives of women, and this includes dealing with the violence they experience. Each centre works with what\u2019s happening in their communities and supports women in response to their real needs. Every centre contributes to the fight to end violence against women.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>L\u2019R\u2019s platform of demands call for women\u2019s centre being involved in all initiatives tied to ending violence against women. The platform also calls for adequate levels of funding to help them pursue their work to meet the needs in their communities. \u201cThe work we do surrounding violence is indispensable and helps complete the spectrum of services available to women who are working end the violence in their lives. Recognizing the importance of women\u2019s centres\u2019 work is critical if we are to make headway in this fight. It\u2019s all about Working Together to End the Violence,\u201d explains Nadia Morissette.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To mark Provincial Women\u2019s Centre Day, L\u2019R releases a platform of demands to seek recognition for their work surrounding issues of violence against women.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":9889,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[111],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10120","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rcentres.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10120","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rcentres.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rcentres.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rcentres.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rcentres.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10120"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/rcentres.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10120\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11316,"href":"https:\/\/rcentres.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10120\/revisions\/11316"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rcentres.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9889"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rcentres.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10120"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rcentres.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10120"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rcentres.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10120"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}