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Gender violence is left out of public safety discourse, says advocate

Gender violence is left out of public safety discourse, says advocate

CBC21-05-2025
The executive director of the Battered Women's Support Services Society in Vancouver says governments aren't doing enough to highlight gender as a risk factor in violence. Angela Marie MacDougall told BC Today host Michelle Eliot that neglecting to examine gender perspectives in public safety gets in the way of addressing root problems.
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