Changing the Landscape

Ending Violence ~ Achieving Equality

The Final Report of the Canadian Panel on Violence Against Women

Ottawa: Minister of Supply and Services Canada, 1993

TABLE OF CONTENTS

PART ONE:   The Context

• The Feminist Lens
  • Introduction
  • Defining Violence
  • Prevalence of Violence Against Women in Canada
  • Human, Social and Financial Costs of Violence Against Women
  • Looking Through a Feminist Lens
  • Patriarchy and Violence
  • Other Bases of Inequality

PART TWO:   Experiencing Violence -- Forms

• Woman Abuse in the Context of Perpetrator-Victim Relationships
  • Victims and Perpetrators as Strangers
  • Victims and Perpetrators as Acquaintances
  • Victims and Perpetrators as Intimates
  • Child Abuse
  • Revictimization

• Woman Abuse in the Context of Settings
  • Workplace
  • Harassment
  • Violence in Different Workplaces

• Under-Acknowledged Forms of Violence
  • Ritual Abuse
  • Stalking/Criminal Harassment
  • Pornography
  • Abuse of Trust
  • Reproductive Technologies

PART THREE:   Experiencing Violence -- Populations

• Older Women
• Women Living in Poverty
• Women with Disabilities
• Rural Women
• Lesbians
• Women of the Official Language Minorities
• Women of Colour
• Young Women
• Immigrant Women, Refuge Women and Foreign Domestic Workers
• Inuit Women
  • The Legend of Thunder and Lightning
  • Introduction
  • Forms of Abuse
  • Social Institutions
• Aboriginal Women
  • The Aboriginal Circle -- The Process
  • Our Story
  • Aboriginal Women's View of Violence
  • Prevalence of Violence
  • The Crisis -- A Definition
  • Healing

PART FOUR:   Experiencing Violence -- Institutions

• Services Delivered in the Community
• Health Care System
• The Legal System
• Workplace
• Women in the Military
• Education
• Media and Culture

PART FIVE:   The National Action Plan

• Equality Action Plan
• Zero Tolerance Policy
• Zero Tolerance Action Plans
  • Services
  • Legal
  • Workplace
  • Military
  • Education
  • Media
  • Religious Institutions
  • Governments
• Monitoring and Accountability Mechanisms
• A Call to Action for Individuals

APPENDICES

A. The Women's Safety Project

B. The Panel Process

C. MP's Householder Survey

D. Consultation Events

E. Submissions

F. Documents and Products