Our Mission
As a team of interdisciplinary community organizations we strive to provide prevention and education to those who are experiencing or at risk of experiencing or perpetuating family violence, violence against women and/or Gender Based Violence. We will identify barriers and advocate for system change for the recognition of these identified types of violence as endemic.
About Us
The Pictou County Interagency on Family Violence is an organization made up of community agencies who are committed to the elimination of family violence in Pictou County.
The following agencies are involved with the committee:
Tearmann Society for Abused Women
Pictou County Women's Resource and Sexual Assault Centre
New Leaf Pictou County (Pictou County Opportunity for Men Association)
Victims Services - Department of Justice
Child and Family Wellbeing - Department of Community Services
Nova Scotia Health
Fatherhood Matters Pictou County
Mental Health and Addiction Services
Family Justice Navigation Program
Nova Scotia Provincial Housing Agency
Correctional Services - Probation
Northeast Nova Scotia Correctional Facility
New Glasgow/Trenton Police
Westville Police
Stellarton Police
RCMP
What is Family violence?
Family violence includes all forms of violent and abusive behaviours that occur within relationships. It includes deliberate neglect, sexual, emotional, psychological, and financial abuse; and threats of violence; as well as behaviour that is physically violent or abusive. Victims of family violence can include anyone, but most commonly, the victims are women, children and the elderly.
What is Intimate Partner violence?
Intimate partner abuse is about one person in a relationship using a pattern of behaviours to maintain power and control over the other person. It can happen to people who are married or not married, heterosexual, gay or lesbian, living together, separated or dating. Intimate partner abuse happens regardless of culture, religion, age, income or education.
There are resources here in Pictou County that provide support and outreach for female-identifying victims of violence and for male-identifying individuals perpetrating violence.
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