In this episode, we spend some time with Jennifer Dunn, the Executive Director of the London Abused Women's Centre. Jenn shares a little bit about her experience at the centre and what she does outside the centre.. You'll be intrigued with her hobby and what she does in her spare time outside the centre.
We explore. The value of the centre and what it means to the community and how it plays a role within our club. Come inside and learn more about the London Abuse Women Centre and its campaign named Shine the Light “End Women Abuse Campaign.”
About Jennifer Dunn
The Executive Director of the London Abused Womens Centre. An employee for twelve years.
About the Centre
The London Abused Women’s Centre is a feminist, abolitionist agency.
They provide abused and exploited women and children over the age of 12 with hope and help.
They help women and girls exploited in prostitution/sex trafficking/pornography, abused by their intimate partners, and/or subjected to sexual harassment or torture. The London Abused Women’s Centre (LAWC) also provides support and counselling to family members of women and girls who have been prostituted/sex trafficked, including women and girls who are missing or disappeared.
Contact
https://www.lawc.on.ca/
797 York Street - Unit 5
London, On N5W 6A8
Phone: 519-432-2204
Hours
Monday - Thursday 9:00am - 5:00pm
Friday 9:00am - 4:00pm
Christine Howorun Human Trafficking Series
In "Fighting Traffick," Cristina Howorun follows a group of women who are fighting to end one of the most profitable criminal industries worldwide, sex trafficking, in one of Canada's biggest hotspots of London, Ontario.
Link: https://youtu.be/UIOSXu_DrYY
23rd Annual International Woman’s Day Breakfast & Auction
Friday, March 3, 2023 at the DoubleTree by Hilton
Tickets: https://trellis.org/23rd-annual-international-womens-day-breakfast-and-auction
Speaker: Cristina Howorun
Cristina Howorun is an award-winning investigative journalist and documentary producer with CityTV. She is currently a member of the Queen’s Park press gallery and works primarily in investigative documentaries.
Howorun has covered every federal and provincial election since 2008, she’s been embedded with Canadian troops in the Mojave Desert, tracked down a suspected terrorist in Libya and exposed shocking levels of abuse and negligence in long term care homes.
More recently, she has been working in the documentary space - producing and hosting documentaries on gun smuggling, sex trafficking, Christian cults and incarcerated mothers.
Cristina has earned four Edward R. Murrow awards for investigative journalism, an RTDNA award for investigative journalism, the UNIFOR award for labour journalism and was the inaugural recipient of the Zonta Says No to Violence Against Women award, for her work in exposing sex trafficking practices along Canada’s busiest highway, a film in which LAWC was prominently featured.
To hear Cristina speak and help us celebrate women's and girls' social, economic, cultural, and political achievements please press button below.
Shine the Light All Girls Soccer Tournament.
Tournament Name - Shine the Light Girls Soccer Tournament – Hosted by Whitecaps London
Tournament Dates: June 2, 3 and 4, 2023
Application deadline: May 15, 2023
