BWG Proclaims International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women 2025

International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women

November 25, 2025

WHEREAS: Violence continues to be the greatest gender inequality rights issue for women, girls and gender-diverse individuals; and

WHEREAS: November is Woman Abuse Prevention Month; and

WHEREAS: November 25th the lnternational Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women; and

WHEREAS: Femicide rates continue to be on the rise in Ontario; and

WHEREAS: Our community is committed to ending femicide and all forms of gender-based violence; and

WHEREAS: Indigenous, Black, South Asian and Southeast Asian women and girls continue to experience high rates of violence, including femicide and were overrepresented within the Ontario Association of Interval and Transition Houses' Annual Femicide List; and

WHEREAS: the COVID-19 pandemic has increased barriers to support and services for survivors of gender-based violence and their children; and

WHEREAS: last year in Ontario, on average every 8 days a woman or child was killed by a man known to them; and

WHEREAS: This month and throughout the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence, we acknowledge our community’s support of the Wrapped in Courage campaign and commitment to ending gender-based violence; and

WHEREAS: on November 25th, The International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women and the 13^th Anniversary of the Wrapped in Courage campaign across Ontario, a Wrapped in Courage 2025 Campaign flag will be raised in recognition that the courage of a woman alone is not enough, it takes an entire community to end gender-based violence; and

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED: That His Worship Mayor James Leduc and Members of Council proclaim November 25, 2025, as International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women in the Town of Bradford West Gwillimbury.

Please join us for a flag raising ceremony on November 24, 2025, at 10am. Happening at the Couthouse Courtyard [57 Holland St. E]