The Haliburton County Echo – January 30, 2018 – by Chad Ingram HERS, the Haliburton Emergency Rural SafeSpace in Minden, needs a different operating model, and more money, if it is to continue offering its services. Jennifer Cureton, director of philanthropy and communications for YWCA Peterborough Haliburton visited Haliburton County councillors during their Jan. 24…read more
Month: January 2018
Women’s shelter needs better plan
Highlander News – January 25, 2018 – by Lisa Gervais The women’s and children’s shelter in Minden is not sustainable without more funding and a change in how it operates. Jen Cureton, director of philanthropy for the YWCA Peterborough-Haliburton, updated County Council Jan. 24 on their recently-completed sustainability study for the Haliburton Emergency Rural SafeSpace…read more
5 Ontario women have been killed by men in their lives in 2018 — and it’s only January
Global News – January 20, 2018 – by Maham Abedi Five Ontario women have been killed in acts of intimate partner or domestic violence in 2018. And while that number is shocking, experts say it’s not entirely unusual. The deaths of five women — Holly Hamilton, Elaine Bellevue, Baljit Thandi, Avtar Kaur and Jan Singh …read more
Giving victims of domestic abuse a reason to smile again
The Globe and Mail – December 29, 2017 – by Paul Waldie When the YWCA in Peterborough, Ont., began planning a program to offer free dental services to women who’d been injured in incidents of domestic violence, the agency’s board members knew that Judith Buys would want to get involved, given her years of community…read more