16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence
UN Women's 16 Days of Activism campaign highlights the urgent need to end gender-based violence. The campaign emphasizes that a woman is killed every 10 minutes globally, often by an intimate partner or family member.
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Irvin Waller ( English, French & Spanish)
Emeritus Professor, Criminology, Faculty of Social Sciences
Professor Waller's research focuses on the prevention of violent crime, crime victims, crime victim rights, police, and prison's role in reducing crime.
“One woman or girl is killed every 48 hours in Canada. The tip of the iceberg of pervasive gender-based violence. Three major high-profile commissions have called for investment in prevention before gender-based violence starts. Yet we ignore the accumulated behavioral science knowledge that we must use to reduce gender-based violence by 50% before 2030.”