Safety Alert: Your computer can be monitored by your abuser and is impossible to clear your tracks completely. If you are afraid your internet activity might be monitored, call the Assaulted Women’s Helpline, free at 1-866-863-0511 or TTY 1-866-863-7868
While the holiday season can bring out the best in people, unfortunately, it can be a time of increased risk for domestic violence. Financial and emotional stressors are heightened at a time when pressures to spread joy are high.
The Assaulted Women’s Helpline provides crisis counselling, safety planning, emotional support, information, and referrals 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year on our telephone and TTY crisis line. Our free, confidential, and anonymous support is available in 200+ languages.
Please consider the gift of one of our experienced, compassionate counsellors at exactly the moment they are needed.
Our Mission Statement
The Assaulted Women’s Helpline offers a 24-hour telephone and TTY crisis line to all woman who have experienced abuse. We provide counselling, emotional support, information and referrals. We recognize abuse as one example of women’s social, political and economic inequality in the world. The Helpline is dedicated to working towards equality for all women.
The Need Explained
More than 50% of Canadian women over the age of 16 have been victims of physical or sexual violence- at any stage in their lives*. Violence against women affects all cultures, ages, religions, and sexual orientations and includes psychological, physical, sexual, financial and neglect.
The demand for our crisis line continues to grow year after year, and with your support you can help us ensure we are here for women when they need us.
*According to Statistics Canada
