May 1: Is the COVID-19 pandemic stopping Kawartha Lakes women from seeking help?
- Publication
- Kawartha Lakes This Week (Kawartha Lakes, ON), 1 May 2020
Description
- Creator
- Whitnall, Catherine, Reporter
- Media Type
- Text
- Item Type
- Newspaper clippings
- Description
- Service agencies and police said domestic violence calls were down, but worried it was simply a 'powder keg' as women in need were self-isolated or unable to get time away from abusers in order to call crisis counsellors or police for help due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The calls that did come in seemed to indicate increased or escalated violence.
Federal and provincial funding to shelters was insufficient to cover COVID-19 financial costs and many spring and summer fundraisers were forced to be cancelled.
- Publisher
- Metroland Media
- Place of Publication
- Kawartha Lakes, ON
- Date of Original
- 1 May 2020
- Date Of Event
- 1 May 2020
- Subject(s)
- Personal Name(s)
- Watson, Lori, executive director ; Lanning, Carrie, Constable ; Murtha, Dave, Sergeant
- Copyright Statement
- Copyright status unknown. Responsibility for determining the copyright status and any use rests exclusively with the user.
- Contact
- Kawartha Lakes Public LibraryEmail:lindsaylibrary@kawarthalakeslibrary.ca
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