Fonds 10-105 - Regional Coordinating Commitee to End Violence Against Women (RCCEVAW) fonds

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Regional Coordinating Commitee to End Violence Against Women (RCCEVAW) fonds

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Ottawa Coalition to End Violence Against Women (OCTEVAW)

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3.25 m of textual records
4 photographs : 10x15cm ; col.

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(1984-present)

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The Regional Coordinating Committee to End Violence Against Women, originally called the Regional Coordinating Committee on Wife Assault, grew out of societal awakening to the problem of violence against women. Following the second-wave feminist movement of the 1960s and 1970s, people had begun to see violence against women as a human rights violation that needed to be eliminated. According to a statement by RCCEVAW founder Joan Gullen posted on the group's current website in 2008, "We lived in a culture of societal institutions and structures that tolerated the right of husbands and fathers to discipline their wives and children with impunity." The group sought not only to shed light on women's oppression in the home, but refused the "diluted" characterization of spousal abuse as "domestic violence," and emphatically stated that male violence against women was a societal crisis. In doing so, they helped to bring systemic, gender-based violence into the Canadian public consciousness. RCCEVAW also sought to draw attention to non-physical forms of abuse, such as financial and emotional abuse, which disempowered women and prevented them from leaving unhappy relationships.

Gullen credits the beginnings of this analysis to the women's shelter movement, which began when the Interval Houses of Ottawa and Toronto were opened in the 1970s as safe spaces for women and children fleeing domestic abuse. Following the opening of women's shelters across Canada, the RCCEVAW was born in 1984, when the City of Ottawa convened a Task Force on Wife Assault. This task force created the need for a community forum to ensure that its recommendations were accompanied by political action. In the same year, Marion Dewar, the mayor of Ottawa at the time, commissioned a report on violence against women, steered by Gullen and fellow activist Maude Barlow. According to Gullen, "It provided a platform to launch the coalition by focusing on the need for police, health and social service agencies and housing initiatives to examine their policies and responses to 'domestic violence.'" Eventually. the RCCEVAW developed subcommittees on Criminal Justice, Family Law, Children who Have Witnessed Abuse, Women with Disabilities, Aboriginal Women, and Lesbian Issues.

The RCCEVAW's work focused primarily on the coordination of services, resource development, public education, outreach and advocacy. According to Gullen, other agencies born out of the coalition include Immigrant Women Services Ottawa, the Sexual Assault Network, the Sexual Assault and Partner Abuse Care Program, Cultural Interpretation Services and New Directions. In 2006, RCCEVAW changed their name to The Ottawa Coalition to End Violence Against Women (OCTEVAW). Today, OCTEVAW continues in its efforts to prevent violence against women, Trans people, and gender non-conforming individuals, to assist with public education and movement building, and to amplify the voices of those who work on the front-lines with survivors of violence and abuse.

For more information, see Joan Gullen's statement on the OCTEVAW website: https://www.octevaw-cocvff.ca/founders-letter
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Le comité régional de coordination pour mettre fin à la violence à l'égard des femmes, appelé à l'origine comité régional de coordination sur l'agression des épouses, est né de la prise de conscience par la société du problème de la violence à l'égard des femmes. À la suite du mouvement féministe de la deuxième vague des années 1960 et 1970, les gens ont commencé à considérer la violence à l'égard des femmes comme une violation des droits de l'homme qui devait être éliminée. Selon une déclaration de Joan Gullen, fondatrice de RCCEVAW, publiée sur le site web actuel du groupe en 2008, "nous vivions dans une culture d'institutions et de structures sociétales qui toléraient le droit des maris et des pères à discipliner leurs femmes et leurs enfants en toute impunité". Le groupe a cherché non seulement à faire la lumière sur l'oppression des femmes au sein du foyer, mais a également refusé la caractérisation "diluée" de la violence conjugale en tant que "violence domestique", et a affirmé avec force que la violence masculine à l'égard des femmes était une crise sociétale. Ce faisant, elles ont contribué à faire prendre conscience au public canadien de la violence systémique fondée sur le sexe. Le RCCEVAW a également cherché à attirer l'attention sur les formes non physiques de violence, telles que la violence financière et émotionnelle, qui privent les femmes de leur pouvoir et les empêchent de quitter des relations malheureuses.

Gullen attribue les débuts de cette analyse au mouvement des refuges pour femmes, qui a commencé lorsque les Interval Houses d'Ottawa et de Toronto ont été ouvertes dans les années 1970 comme des espaces sûrs pour les femmes et les enfants fuyant la violence domestique. Suite à l'ouverture de refuges pour femmes dans tout le Canada, le RCCEVAW a vu le jour en 1984, lorsque la ville d'Ottawa a mis sur pied un groupe de travail sur les agressions contre les femmes. Ce groupe de travail a créé le besoin d'un forum communautaire pour s'assurer que ses recommandations soient accompagnées d'une action politique. La même année, Marion Dewar, maire d'Ottawa à l'époque, a commandé un rapport sur la violence à l'égard des femmes, sous la direction de Mme Gullen et de sa collègue activiste Maude Barlow. Selon Gullen, "ce rapport a permis de lancer la coalition en mettant l'accent sur la nécessité pour la police, les agences de santé et de services sociaux et les initiatives en matière de logement d'examiner leurs politiques et leurs réponses à la 'violence domestique'". Par la suite, la RCCEVAW a créé des sous-comités sur la justice pénale, le droit de la famille, les enfants témoins d'abus, les femmes handicapées, les femmes autochtones et les questions relatives aux lesbiennes.

Le travail de la RCCEVAW se concentre principalement sur la coordination des services, le développement des ressources, l'éducation du public, la sensibilisation et la défense des droits. Selon Mme Gullen, d'autres agences sont nées de la coalition, notamment Immigrant Women Services Ottawa, Sexual Assault Network, Sexual Assault and Partner Abuse Care Program (Programme de soins aux victimes d'agressions sexuelles et d'abus par un partenaire), Cultural Interpretation Services (Services d'interprétation culturelle) et New Directions (Nouvelles directions). En 2006, la RCCEVAW a changé de nom pour devenir la Coalition d'Ottawa pour mettre fin à la violence faite aux femmes (COCVFF). Aujourd'hui, la COCVFF poursuit ses efforts pour prévenir la violence à l'égard des femmes, des personnes transgenres et des personnes non conformes au genre, pour contribuer à l'éducation du public et à la création de mouvements, et pour amplifier les voix de ceux qui travaillent en première ligne avec les survivants de la violence et des abus.

Pour plus d'informations, voir la déclaration de Joan Gullen sur le site web de la COCVFF : https://www.octevaw-cocvff.ca/founders-letter

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This fonds contains records for the Regional Coordinating Committee to End Violence Against Women (RCCEVAW) from 1984 until 2006, when they changed their name to the Ottawa Coalition to End Violence Against Women (OCTEVAW). The fonds includes administrative records and correspondence related to the RCCEVAW steering committee, their numerous subcommittees and task forces, and the organizations that grew out of their work. The RCCEVAW also collected records related to violence against women, including research material, newspaper clippings, policy documents, police protocol, and more.
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Ce fonds contient les dossiers du Comité régional de coordination pour contrer la violence faite aux femmes (CRCVFF) de 1984 à 2006, année où il a changé de nom pour devenir la Coalition d'Ottawa pour contrer la violence faite aux femmes (COCVFF). Le fonds comprend des documents administratifs et de la correspondance liés au comité directeur du RCCEVAW, à ses nombreux sous-comités et groupes de travail, ainsi qu'aux organisations qui sont nées de leur travail. La RCCEVAW a également rassemblé des documents relatifs à la violence contre les femmes, y compris des documents de recherche, des coupures de presse, des documents politiques, des protocoles de police, etc.

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Please be advised that this fonds contains sensitive material related to sexual assault, violence against women, femicide, and other potentially disturbing topics.

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