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Minutes of Proceedings

Standing Committee on the Status of Women (FEWO)
42nd Parliament, 1st Session
Meeting No. 21
Wednesday, September 21, 2016, 3:43 p.m. to 5:23 p.m.
Presiding
Marilyn Gladu, Chair (Conservative)

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• Filomena Tassi for Anita Vandenbeld (Liberal)
Library of Parliament
• Laura Munn-Rivard, Analyst
Violence against Young Women and Girls in Canada
Battered Women's Support Services
• Rona Amiri, Violence Prevention Coordinator
• Angela Marie MacDougall, Executive Director
As an individual
• Rena Bivens, Assistant Professor, School of Journalism and Communication, Carleton University
• Valerie Steeves, Associate Professor, Department of Criminology, University of Ottawa
YWCA Halifax
• Dee Dooley, Youth Programs Coordinator
Pursuant to Standing Order 108(2) and the motion adopted by the Committee on Tuesday, March 8, 2016, the Committee resumed its study of violence against young women and girls in Canada.

Rena Bivens and Valerie Steeves made statements and answered questions.

At 4:32 p.m., the sitting was suspended.

At 4:35 p.m., the sitting resumed.

Dee Dooley, by videoconference from Halifax, Nova Scotia, Angela Marie MacDougall and Rona Amiri made statements and answered questions.

At 5:23 p.m., the Committee adjourned to the call of the Chair.



Erica Pereira
Clerk of the Committee