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Taking back the night: ending sexual and domestic violence
concerning the murder of three women in Wilno. “I can’t believe that things like this still happen in this day and age. It must stop.” !e event was organized byMaison Inter- lude and Sexual Assault Support Services. “We believe that in order to e"ectively ad- dress the various needs of women victims of violence, we need to adopt a community- based, holistic and concerted approach to service delivery,” stated the Maison Inter-
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Citizens of Cornwall decided to take back the night, on September 24. About 80 residents of the area met at the gymnasium of Partir D’un Bon Pas, in order to take part in the 4 th annual Take Back the Night event. “We have about the same
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amount of people as last year,” stated Angela Vinet, Sexual Assault Support Services exe- cutive director. “It’s been taking place all over the world for 30 years now.” !e event’s mission is to end sexual vio- lence in all forms City councillor and acting mayor Justin Towndale as well as city councillor Elaine MacDonald took part in the event. !e lat- ter highlighted the importance of ending violence against women. “What happe- ned yesterday was horrible,” he expressed,
lude’s website. While themarch began as a way to protest the violence that women experienced while walking in public at night, the purpose of thesemarches was to speak out against this violence and raise community awareness as a preventive measure against future vio- lence. !e mission of Take Back the Night has since grown to encompass all forms of violence against all persons, though sexual violence against women is still a top focus.
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