Our Program Manager Nicole discusses the concerns of domestic violence increases around Valentine’s Day with City News.

Nicole Taylor, the program manager of WomenatthecentrE, says Valentine’s day can be used as part of the circle of violence.

She says aggressors buy gifts or chocolates for their victims in the hopes those being hurt, emotionally or physically, will not think their situation is so bad.
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Our Executive Director Nneka discusses the correlation between brain injuries and IPV with CBC.

Nneka MacGregor, a co-founder and executive director for Women’s Centre for Social Justice, started the non-profit when she found there weren’t enough resources for women survivors of gender-based violence, including herself.

She said intimate partner violence remains hidden behind closed residential doors and seen as a “private matter between the couple,” she said. “Trying to raise awareness about the lived experiences of survivors navigating intimate partner violence, it’s a huge challenge, because many in society don’t want to think about it, they don’t want to talk about it,” MacGregor told Shauna Powers, host of CBC’s Saskatchewan Weekend..

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Our Executive Director Nneka discusses the increase in intimate partner violence with lockdown measures with CTV News.

The pandemic also sparked an enormous rise in calls to support groups. Women At the Centre, a Toronto-based group founded by Nneka MacGregor, reported a 9,000% increase in calls for help by the end of December 2021.
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