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International Conference on
FAMILY MEDICINE AND FAMILY PHYSICIANS
October 16-17, 2017 | Toronto, Canada
Arch Gen Intern Med 2017 | Volume 1 Issue 3
Critical perspectives on response to partner violence across health-related sectors
Anum Rafiq
York University, Canada
T
he issue of Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) in Canada is
one that has increasingly received attention over the past
few decades. Various sectors have responded to this issue
through the influence of global, national, and economic
pressures. This paper provides a review of responses to IPV
from these sectors, followed by discussion of the existing
state of IPV prevention and reduction in Canada with an
emphasis on gender, power dynamics, modern relationships,
and cultural sensitivity. To comprehensively review the
international literature and evidence on the burden of
intimate partner violence on women, families and society,
and to evaluate how health and related sectors respond to
the issue. A comprehensive review was conducted of journal
articles, books, and grey literature on intimate partner
violence against women and system’s response through
health and related sectors using a critical feminist approach.
This approach was anticipated to facilitate the critical
synthesis of scholarly work on intimate partner violence by
using intersecting lenses of race, class, migration, and social
justice. Such unpacking of contextualized details on inclusion
or exclusion of specific communities could set direction
for further academic and community based initiatives.
Literature searches of four databases on Canadian responses
to intimate partner violence from 1980 onwards, which was
when violence against women started becoming an issue
worthy of international attention. Medline, Scholar’s Portal,
International Bibliography of the Social Sciences and Google
Scholar were searched, supplemented by hand searching of
the reference lists from studies retrieved and specialized.
Speaker Biography
Anum Rafiq is a third year PhD Candidate at York University. She is a Health Policy
Researcher with a focus on domestic violence, refugee determination, welfare states,
and vulnerable communities. She has completed her Masters from York University in
Health Policy & Equity, along with a Bachelors from the University of Toronto with a
double-major in Health Studies and International Relations.
e:
fep.anum@gmail.com