Gender-based and intimate partner violence (Motion #07-24)

Board of Health for Public Health Sudbury & Districts, January 18, 2024

Motion moved by Leduc – Carrier

07-24 Gender-based and intimate partner violence

MOTION:

WHEREAS boards of health are required under the Ontario Public Health Standards to develop interventions to prevent injuries, including those caused by violence; and

WHEREAS police-reported family violence across Canada is increasing and locally, in 2022, the Greater Sudbury Police Service investigated 3,227 intimate partner violence reports, resulting in 867 intimate partner violence charges; and

WHEREAS in Sudbury, between 2018 and June 2023, there were 218 emergency department visits related to intimate partner violence; and

WHEREAS the City of Greater Sudbury, Northeastern Manitoulin and the Islands, Billings Township, and 93 other municipalities in Ontario have declared gender-based violence and intimate partner violence as an epidemic; and

WHEREAS calling out the urgency of the issue and denouncing violence contributes to changing norms and improving coordinated multi-sector action, ultimately improving health outcomes for those directly affected, as well as families and communities;

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT the Board of Health for Public Health Sudbury & Districts endorse the November 7, 2023, City of Greater Sudbury motion declaring gender-based violence and intimate-partner violence an epidemic.

CARRIED

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