Can You Connect Me with a Survivor?
Here at the Canadian Women's Foundation, one of the requests we get most from media is "can you connect me with a survivor?"
Those reporting on violence against women and girls often want to hear first-hand what it was like to experience domestic violence, sex trafficking, or sexual assault.
In the best-case scenario, it's because the reporter wants to personalize and contextualize the issue so that they, and their readers, come away with a better understanding and can work toward ending violence.