{"id":5915,"date":"2016-12-06T16:05:39","date_gmt":"2016-12-06T21:05:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fr.une-sen.org\/press\/?p=5915"},"modified":"2017-01-10T15:16:19","modified_gmt":"2017-01-10T20:16:19","slug":"national-day-of-remembrance-and-action-on-violence-against-women-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/?p=5915","title":{"rendered":"National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-full\">\n<div class=\"field-items\">\n<div class=\"field-item even\">\n<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5917\" src=\"http:\/\/www.une-sen.org\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Dec62017.png\" alt=\"dec62017\" width=\"600\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Dec62017.png 600w, https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Dec62017-300x188.png 300w, https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Dec62017-240x150.png 240w, https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Dec62017-150x94.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/h3>\n<h3><strong>PSAC works to end violence against women<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>On this National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women, PSAC renews our commitment to eliminate all forms of violence against women.<\/p>\n<p>December 6 marks the anniversary of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.ca\/2014\/12\/06\/ecole-polytechnique-massacre-25-anniversary_n_6263218.html\">Montr\u00e9al Massacre<\/a>, where 14 young women were killed at \u00c9cole Polytechnique on December 6, 1989.<\/p>\n<p>PSAC is calling on the Government of Canada to establish a national action plan to end violence against women. Our union is also developing a domestic violence education training program, after members voted to make this happen at the 2015 Triennial National Convention.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Workplace accommodation needed<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>In December 2015, PSAC brought women together at a forum on domestic violence and the workplace where participants discussed:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Workplace accommodations and collective agreement language to help women experiencing domestic violence.<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0The potential for legal action and law reform.<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0The need to develop policies and programs to help end violence against women.<\/p>\n<p>PSAC is also working to ensure that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca\/eng\/1448633299414\/1448633350146\">National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls<\/a> remains a priority on the federal government agenda.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe safety and dignity of all women and girls is a priority for our union,\u201d said Robyn Benson, PSAC National President. \u201cWe are committed to ending violence against women. And until we get there, we will continue our work for increased support for survivors and better understanding of the impact of domestic violence on work and the workplace.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PSAC works to end violence against women On this National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women, PSAC renews our commitment to eliminate all forms of violence against women. December 6 marks the anniversary of the Montr\u00e9al Massacre, where 14 young women were killed at \u00c9cole Polytechnique on December 6, 1989. PSAC is &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/?p=5915\" class=\"more-link\">>><span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5917,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[7,12,169],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5915"}],"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\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5915"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5915\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5918,"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5915\/revisions\/5918"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5917"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5915"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5915"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5915"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}