Women’s Shelters on the front lines are in crisis

Today is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. We’re also about two weeks away from the 30th anniversary of the École Polytechnique massacre. Thirty years later . . . what have we learned? A group of reporters at Global News have launched a series that looks into that question, called Broken: Canada’s ongoing failure to end violence against women.

Host Tamara Khandaker in joined by Global News journalist Maham Abedi, whose reporting for the series explores the underfunding of women’s shelters. Women’s shelters and transition homes are often the starting point for those fleeing violence. And yet, many are decades old, crumbling from lack of repairs and struggling to finance the life-saving services they provide.