Preventing Gender-Based Homelessness in Canada During the COVID-19 Pandemic and Beyond: The Need to Account for Violence Against Women.
Violence Against Women
; 28(10): 2587-2599, 2022 08.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1416779
ABSTRACT
The coronavirus disease of 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has led to increases in intimate partner violence (IPV), a leading cause of women's homelessness. Although the Canadian Government provided emergency funding to the violence against women and housing and homelessness sectors in response to COVID-19, Canada lacks a national legislative and funding framework to support coordinated prevention efforts. We review the context of IPV and homelessness among women and international policy exemplars. We then propose several starting points for developing a Canadian strategic framework, including adopting inclusive definitions of IPV and homelessness as well as evaluating a broad continuum of IPV-housing options and intersectoral partnership models.
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Full text:
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Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Ill-Housed Persons
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Intimate Partner Violence
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Experimental Studies
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Observational study
Limits:
Female
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Humans
Country/Region as subject:
North America
Language:
English
Journal:
Violence Against Women
Journal subject:
Women's Health
Year:
2022
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
10778012211034202
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