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Lanark County Interval House continues to mark 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence, running until Dec. 10.
Today spotlights how the media can help end intimate partner and gender-based violence.
Interval House Executive Director Erin Lee emphasizes the importance of collaboration between media outlets and advocacy groups to amplify conversations and promote community engagement.
Lee says that partnerships have been fostered with media, highlighting the efforts of Inside Ottawa Valley, YourTV and here at 88.1 myFM.
A chief concern is that unless intimate partner violence or gender-baseed crime isn’t in the news, that discussion around the topics will wane. Education is key to stopping violence and Lee says local media understand that.
Lee says the partnerships with the media allow us to inform each other while delivering stark realities for neighbours, friends, and family who are the victims of violence.
She highlighted the work done by 88.1 myFM to inform the public about the recommendations from the jury in the Culleton, Kuzyk & Warmerdam inquest into ending intimate partner violence in Ontario.
Doing so, so she said, kept the issue front and centre and it educated the public.
Lee says the series, which can be found at LanarkLeedsToday.ca in its entirety, proves the partnership between our station and Interval House is strong and shares common goals.
Lee says Inside Ottawa Valley and YourTV in Smiths Falls treat the information the same way, which strengthens the partnership with every story told or event reported.
For more information about Lanark County Interval House, click here.
To listen to any of the featured on the CKW Inquest into Ending Intimate Partner Violence in Ontario, click here.