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General Meeting 2009 press release      flyer



 

Board of Directors      
      

WMRCC of Durham is a community based women’s centre run by a volunteer Board of Directors and based on inclusive feminist, anti-racist, anti-oppression approach.

WMRCC of Durham Board of Directors are responsible for the Governance and financial management of the organization.  Our Board is comprised of a diverse group of women who have a wealth of knowledge from which to draw and who are passionately committed to challenging the social issues and problems faced by different communities they are connected to.

MARILYN OLADIMEJI: Chair of the Board
Professor/Consultant

RITA McLEAN: Director
Social Worker

KEDA EDWARDS PIERRE: Director
Law Enforcement Officer

MYRA CHICO: Director
Planning Officer, Gender
Expert and Customer Service Officer

AIKO ITO: Director
Community Worker

ALICE ALEMAO: Director
Administrative Assistant

IRENE ANYANWU: Director
Financial Consultant

FARAH SHERAZI: Director
Teacher

MICHELLE MICHENER: Director
Community Mental Health Worker
 
Staff

ESTHER ENYOLU: Executive Director
JUNE PRASHAD: Administrative Assistant
GENEVIEVE SOLOMON: Program Coordinator
EMILY CLARKE: Youth Host Worker
MATHURA THIAGARAJAH: Youth Host Worker
MARCIA DOYLE: Project WEALS Coordinator
EGLANTINA RESULAJ: Accountant
 
Counsellors

In Canada, an estimated figure indicates that 90% of all sexual assault victims are women and 300,000 to 500,000 cases of sexual assault to women is reported each year. ("Sexual Assault: A fact sheet prepared for the National Panel on Violence Against Women" by Dianne Kinnon). Children and youth are over represented as victims of sexual assaults.

Although they represent only 21% of the population, 6 out of every 10 sexual assaults reported to police involved a child or youth under 18 years of age (Statistics Canada, 2005). With odds like 1 out of 3 males will be sexually assaulted by the age of 13, 1 out of every 2 women will be sexually assaulted by the age of 18 and that women between the ages of 16-24 are 2-5 times more likely to be victims of sexual assault than any other age ("Sexual Assault: A fact sheet prepared for the National Panel on Violence Against Women" by Dianne Kinnon), it is time that young people are equipped with tools that no longer scare them into paranoia but empower them into self awareness and assertiveness.

Youth Counsellor
Women's Multicultural Resource and Counselling Centre
905-427-7849
1-877-454-4035 toll free
 


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