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Did you know: One in five victims of sexual assault—both women and men—felt blamed for their own victimization. There is a much higher prevalence of sexual assault among women than men (30% versus 8%). One in three (32%) women experienced unwanted sexual behaviour in public. One in five (18%) women experienced online harassment in the 12 months preceding the survey done by Statistic Canada in 2019. (https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/85-002-x/2019001/article/00017-eng.htm) To celebrate women's empowerment as we recognize International Women's Day (Mar 8, 2021), we have invited Andrea Arthur-Brown, a seasoned leader who dedicated her entire career in empowering and supporting survivors of sexual assault. She will share her passion, journey in her career, the organization of Sexual Assault Support Centre Waterloo Region (https://www.sascwr.org/) where she and her team support survivors of sexual violence and work to transform systems that promote gender-based violence. Andrea will also highlight a few practical strategies for supporters and survivors to start the healing process. ____ Join, follow and subscribe to Our Inner Sparks on all our social media platforms: https://www.ourinnersparks.com/ https://facebook.com/ourinnersparks/ https://linkedin.com/company/ourinnersparks/ https://twitter.com/OurInnerSparks/ https://instagram.com/ourinnersparks/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmACzBNGkYCd5Pk_Gt6Ta_Q/ For feedback or nomination please email us at OurInnerSparks@gmail.com Credits: Music by MusicalLivesInc, you can find them on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCSPel8_c4HH8GfsNSJRHNw