Traduction de «Femme victime de voies de fait » (Français → Anglais) :

A woman with whom we've worked for the last two or three years was beaten quite badly, and I attended the hearing with her only about four or five weeks ago.

There are no solid statistics on the assault rate for taxi drivers, but the iTaxiworkers Association, which represents drivers in Ontario, has surveyed its members and found that more than half of them report being assaulted while on the job.

This bill amends the Criminal Code to require a court to consider the fact that when the victim of an assault is a public transit operator engaged in the performance of his or her duty, that is an aggravating circumstance for the purposes of sentencing.

whereas some armed groups are opposed to secular and girls’ education, or to girls being treated by male medical personnel, and therefore hamper access to these services; whereas a general climate of insecurity as a result of conflict also prevents children, teachers and medical personnel from attending school or seeking medical assistance; whereas women and children face heightened risks as a result of displacement and the breakdown of normal protection and support structures; whereas international humanitarian law requires that all necessary medical care be provided without discrimination to girls and women raped in war; whereas un ...[+++]safe abortion is listed by the World Health Organisation as one of the three leading causes of maternal mortality; whereas maternal health, counselling of women rape victims, and education and schooling of displaced children are major challenges at refugee camps.

F. whereas women immigrants are more exposed to abuse, both psychological and physical, either because of their financial and legal dependence or because women immigrants with no legal status are more susceptible to abuse and sexual exploitation in the workplace and to human traffickers; whereas, in the case of immigrant women whose status is irregular, this lack of legal status within the territory of the State where they reside particularly exposes them to the risk that their fundamental rights may be denied, and for the same reason they are more frequently victims of discrimination and violence in everyday life,

There are no solid statistics on the assault rate for taxi drivers, but the iTaxiworkers Association, which represents drivers in Ontario, has surveyed its members and found more than half of them report being assaulted while on the job.