Support TorontDV Symposium: Raising A Voice For Abused Boys And Men

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The The Canadian Maltese Charitable Service trust will be holding its second annual Domestic Violence symposium at Ryerson College in Toronto, Canada on June 5 & 6 from 9am to 6pm.

The event is needed to bridge a severe information gap. While hundreds of thousands of dollars are dedicated to promoting awareness of the plight and experiences of abused women and girls, little to nothing has been done to inform the public about abused men and boys.

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Funds for relief for abuse victims are almost exclusively dedicated to female victims even though half of the victims are male. Anual funding to assist women in Ontario, Canada alone is at about $140 million by the Ontario Government, while Ontario men have no such support. While The Canadian Maltese Charitable Service Trust is dedicated to bringing awareness and promoting assistance for all victims of domestic violence regardless of age or sex, other organizations only recognize DV against women, and children with boys excluded by the age of 12 who are then not welcomed in Women’s Shelters with their mother. This leaves male victims over the age of 12 with little advocacy and no assistance to escape their abusers, in many cases leading to reciprocal violence and perpetuating a cycle of abuse. Even barring compassion for men and boys, such a circumstance is also harmful to women and girls.

Speakers, include Australian psychiatrist and victim’s advocate Dr. Tanveer Ahmed, Sen. Anne Cools, and men’s human rights advocate Paul Elam, will discuss these issues, to bring awareness to the public, judiciary, police, MDs, educators and lawmakers as the phenomenon affects men, women and children. However, getting the word out has been a difficult challenge.

Following a press release, social network campaign, and many attempts at making contact with news outlets, establishment media has maintained radio silence on this event. All attempts at informing the public about the event have been left to the organization itself, necessitating increased expenditures for promotional materials and services.

This second annual Symposium is costing about $10,000 between the venue, equipment, promotional materials, and speakers’ travel and accommodations expenses. Last year, it was funded entirely out of the pockets of Attila Vinczer, Executive Secretary. This year the expense is $3000.00 beyond Mr. Vinczer’s reach. Fundraising within the community is hampered by the issues themselves. Many advocates are victims themselves who have been economically impacted by their ordeals.

For this reason, the organization is seeking donations for the event from the greater community. This symposium is an important and much needed event which provides a service the community is lacking by making available vital information which would otherwise be pushed aside. Please give male victims of domestic/intimate partner violence a voice by donating to help make this event possible.

Please donate $5, $10 or more dollars to help reach our goal and help us make this annual event another success.

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2 thoughts on “Support TorontDV Symposium: Raising A Voice For Abused Boys And Men”

  1. I want to thank each and every one of you for helping. Every dollar is important. Every donation is important. Without supporters like you, I would be unable to host the 2015 TorontoDV Symposium. Currently, the DV and IPV abuse of men and boys is ignored and little to funding is afforded to help stop their abuse. Media so far is not talking about the TorontoDV Symposium or about the abuse of men and boys. Please give generously or what ever you can. Thank you!

  2. We are currently at $170 raised. A $100 donation was sent directly through the TorontoDV site. $100 donations get you a signed TorontoDV Symposium Poster. Donations of $10 or more dollars will get you on our site as an official sponsor if you so choose. Off to a positive start, now lets keep this momentum going and we can reach our fundraising goal, but more importantly our goal to bring awareness about male DV and IPV. Domestic Violence hurts everyone and that includes men, women and children.

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