Global Data Count Results - Alberta Council of Women's Shelters

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Several survey responders noted a change inawareness and in the reporting of abuse againstwomen in vulnerable populations, including elderabuse (USA, Canada), and women in immigrantcommunities (Austria, Canada, Sweden, USA)USA: the increase of anti‐immigrant sentimenthas grown in our country and it can be seen inthe lack of commitment from politicians to passlegislation that protects and provide services toimmigrant women or other minority group.Women leaving prostitution (Iceland), LGBTwomen (USA) or women with mental healthproblems are also vulnerable to domesticviolence.Canada: There are more and more governmentdoors closing for help for the mentally ill andwomen with addictions or multiple needs so weare seeing more of these women in abusivesituations with little skills or resources to help.Changes in laws and in practice in the preventionof domestic violence were noted in several of theresponses (Australia, Austria, Cameroon, Cyprus,Denmark, Puerto Rico, Vietnam) though thestrategies around prevention varied from countryto country. For some, prevention meantincreasing awareness campaigns, while forothers; more cooperation from the police wascited as a preventive measure.Australia: South Australia and a number ofother states in Australia have recent updates inlegislation governing Intervention Orders (orrestraining orders/apprehended violence ordersetc.In Costa Rica, prevention measures mentionedincluded more participation of female citizens inlocal governments, more access to microbusinessprojects for women, and more awarenessand conscience among the population ofthe unequal distribution of workloads as careand home activities.Survey responses on the whole reported mostlypositive changes over the last 5 years, butsometimes discouragement with the pace ofchange and the scope of the problems crept in.For example, this response from Canada.Canada: No major changes ‐ we are still so veryfar behind the times when it comes toaddressing Domestic Violence and the needs ofthe women and children we serve.Puerto Rico: Our country have been workinghard to find equality for women’s and theirsafety by different programs like for exampleGPS for aggressors, and the policy for the policedepartment in different municipality that giveprevent and safety for domestic violencewomen’s.Global Data Count 2012 17
Participating Shelters in(Country):THE 2012 GLOBAL COUNTNumber ofwomen helpedtodayHow manywerepregnant?Number ofchildren helpedtodayNumber ofwomen turnedaway todayNumber ofchildren turnedaway today1 Armenia 18 0 8 1 22 Australia 783 30 729 66 ‐3 Austria 186 4 177 4 34 Cameroon 40 2 11 19 95 Canada 3817 76 2193 283 1466 Costa Rica 38 1 21 0 07 Croatia 47 1 18 0 08 Cyprus 35 0 8 2 39 Denmark 333 ‐ 229 10 910 England 15440 725 6030 1020 ‐11 Ethiopia 89 20 37 37 ‐12 Finland 62 2 74 0 013 Germany 1110 33 653 43 4114 Ghana*15 Guatemala 110 1 9 0 016 Honduras 36 1 12 0 017 Hong Kong 74 0 27 0 018 Iceland 20 1 2 0 019 Israel* 128 17 193 12 1920 Italy 650 21 150 22 2421 Kenya 16 ‐ 6 10 022 Kosovo (Republic of) 160 ‐ 60 10 1023 Kyrgyzstan ** 12 ‐ 0 ‐ ‐24 Mexico 32 2 217 0 025 Morocco 23 3 9 2 326 Nepal 115 6 14 0 027 Netherlands 1109 36 862 42 1528 New Zealand 277 42 237 1 029 Nicaragua 45 2 5 0 030 Niger 10 ‐ 5 ‐ ‐31 Nigeria 350 9 77 300 8032 Pakistan 1450 25 55 0 033 Peru 360 45 65 0 034 Portugal 32 1 10 0 035 Puerto Rico 175 0 147 1 136 Rwanda 36 1 5 0 037 Saint Lucia 152 2 24 0 038 Saudi Arabia 40 1 8 30 339 Sweden 89 5 44 9 1340 Syria 25 0 7 2 041 Taiwan 325 16 173 0 042 USA 37974 ‐ 24783 6200 400443 Vietnam 12 ‐ 0 0 044 Wales 1649 2 1230 22 ‐TOTAL 67484 1133 38624 8148 4385A (‐) sign wherever indicated on the above chart means information was either not collected or unknown.*Ghana and 1 out of 2 reporting agencies for Israel did not provide daily data so they are not reflected in this chart.** Did not provide daily data, average daily figure based on 2011 annual reportGlobal Data Count 2012 18
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