{"id":12191,"date":"2024-12-05T10:00:35","date_gmt":"2024-12-05T15:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/?p=12191"},"modified":"2024-12-05T10:00:36","modified_gmt":"2024-12-05T15:00:36","slug":"december-6-national-day-of-remembrance-and-action-on-violence-against-women-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/?p=12191","title":{"rendered":"December 6: National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence against Women"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"420\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/509ca169-79b6-41e4-a992-5b5ff3b2fd11.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12192\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/509ca169-79b6-41e4-a992-5b5ff3b2fd11.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/509ca169-79b6-41e4-a992-5b5ff3b2fd11-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/509ca169-79b6-41e4-a992-5b5ff3b2fd11-768x403.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>On December 6<sup>th<\/sup>, 1989, 14 young women from Polytechnique Montr\u00e9al, were massacred in an act of violent misogyny.&nbsp; In 1991, Parliament established this day of mourning (December 6<sup>th<\/sup>) as the <strong>National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women <\/strong>which is informally known as White Ribbon Day.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On this day, we remember and take a moment to honour those who lost their lives to gender-based violence:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Genevi\u00e8ve Bergeron<\/li><li>H\u00e9l\u00e8ne Colgan<\/li><li>Nathalie Croteau<\/li><li>Barbara Daigneault<\/li><li>Anne-Marie Edward<\/li><li>Maud Haviernick<\/li><li>Maryse Lagani\u00e8re<\/li><li>Maryse LeClair<\/li><li>Anne-Marie Lemay<\/li><li>Sonia Pelletier<\/li><li>Mich\u00e8le Richard<\/li><li>Annie St. Arneault<\/li><li>Annie Turcotte<\/li><li>Barbara Klucznik-Widajewicz<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Gender-based violence remains prominent world-wide.&nbsp; The latest report from the UN Office on Drugs and Crime and the UN Women shows that femicide is rising around the world.&nbsp; This type of violence disproportionately impacts those with multiple intersection grounds of oppression. &nbsp;For example, Indigenous women are six times more likely to be killed than non-Indigenous women.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Much more needs to be done to prevent violence against women, to stop its escalation and provide adequate services to survivors and punish perpetrators.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Actions you can take:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Wear a white ribbon<\/li><li>Observe a moment of silence at 11:00 AM<\/li><li>Attend a vigil in our community<\/li><li>Share a National Day of Remembrance Post<\/li><li>16 Days of Activism Against Gender-based Violence (From November 25<sup>th<\/sup> to December 10<a><sup>th<\/sup><\/a>) and use the #16Days<ul><li>End Impunity by holding perpetrators accountable and establishing zero tolerance of violence against women and girls<\/li><li>Adopt, implement and fund National Action Plans to end violence against women and girls<\/li><li>Invest in prevention and women\u2019s rights organizations to ensure rights and access to essential services for survivors<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Learn more about gender-based violence:<ul><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.canada.ca\/en\/women-gender-equality\/commemorations-celebrations\/16-days.html\" target=\"_blank\">16 ways to end gender-based violence<\/a><\/li><li>Attend an event in your community to show your support to victims and survivors<\/li><li>Consider donating to a local shelter<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>This is a day to reflect on violence against women in our society.&nbsp; It is a day on which communities and individuals can come together, speak out, and take action to eliminate all forms of violence against women and girls. We must remain committed to a future without violence against women.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mireille Jaillet<br>UNE National Equity Representative for Women<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On December 6th, 1989, 14 young women from Polytechnique Montr\u00e9al, were massacred in an act of violent misogyny.&nbsp; In 1991, Parliament established this day of mourning (December 6th) as the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women which is informally known as White Ribbon Day.&nbsp; On this day, we remember and take &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/?p=12191\" class=\"more-link\">>><span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;December 6: National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence against Women&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[7,12,19],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12191"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12191"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12191\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12207,"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12191\/revisions\/12207"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12191"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12191"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12191"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}