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CONTEST TIME With International Women’s Day coming up on March 8, we would love to recognize all the special women in our lives. Like and comment on this post of how a woman has made a difference to you or our community. ... Everyone who nominates and the one nominated will be entered into a draw for some local gift certificates! This contest will run until March 8 at midnight.

On our 6 month anniversary my loving dedicated loyal partner took me away on a beautiful romantic island trip! It was only 6 months into the relationship but I ...felt like I had known him my entire life. He would say that he has never felt this way before and we were soul mates. Everything felt amazing; great food, company, beautiful Airbnb and so much love, laughs and affection. What could possibly be wrong... right? Mean while... as I was getting ready for bed, excited to finish an amazing day of adventure and romantic dinner. My partner was texting his recent ex the whole time away. Text saying; I miss you’ I love you so much. Let’s make this work. I don’t wants us to be apart. He was pursuing and manipulating her whilst taking me away on a romantic couples getaway. I had no idea as he did not show any signs of unhappiness or communicate that there was anything wrong. Well I now understand... there was absolutely nothing wrong. This is how narcs function. He was a cheating, lying, narcissistic fraud. He was never going to be happy nor be a respectful truthful person. He could not respect himself or even identify that his behaviour and actions were hurtful. The only way I found out was his ex finally disclosed all of his texts, miss calls and voicemail to me. Narcs leave a rippling destructive damage as they pass through their supply. #narcissisticabuse #narcsupply #domesticviolence #emotionalabuse #cheating #lies #fraud #fakelove #lovebombing #manipulative #npd #survivor #psychologicalabuse #theredflagsdv

April 3rd marks the International Day Against Victim-Blaming. Violence is never a survivor’s fault. Period. Commit to being part of the solution by committing t...o one of these steps towards action suggested by Nellies: Taking part in a (virtual) Slut Walk to send a message about the harm of rape culture Talk about the topic when you have felt blamed by someone or have blamed others Tweet about victim blaming with the following hashtags #BeenRapedNeverReported, #Apr3, #IDAVB, #EndVictimBlaming Share statistics of sexual violence in your country Reach out to a survivor of abuse and let know it was not their fault Dissuade friends from using rape jokes

The Government of Canada has released a powerful video illustrating that Human Trafficking is not occurring the way we see in movies and on TV. 1/3 of Human Tra...fficking Victims are trafficked by someone they love and trust. Knowledge is power. TC Online Institute Courses can help you recognize signs of trafficking in your household and/or community before it's too late. To learn about these signs, visit TC Online Institute, the link is below. https://www.tconlineinstitute.com/ See more

Last week we published the 2019-2020 Femicide Report, which analyzes all of the indicators that OAITH tracks and collects through media reports. This report bu...ilds on our Annual Femicide List and Media Analysis which is published each year in December. The report aims to expand knowledge of femicide tracking in Ontario, media analysis, and the realities faced by too many women (and children) who end up on our femicide list every year. Access the report: http://www.oaith.ca//l/OAITH-Femicide-Report-2020-2021.pdf