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Say No to Electroshock

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Comité Pare-chocs is holding a gathering on Mother's Day to protest ECT, highlighting the fact that it is used much more frequently on women than on men.

What
  • Social Event
When May 09, 2009
from 07:00 AM to 09:00 AM
Where Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Contact Name
Contact Phone (514) 525-5060
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Let's stop violence against women, mothers and grandmothers!

 

Women get shocked 2 to 3 times more than men!
 
25% of electroshock procedures are given to elderly women!


Say No to Electroshock!


Where?

  • Place Émilie-Gamelin (metro Berri-UQAM)

When?

  • Saturday. May 9th at 11:00 AM

What?

  • Testimonies, animation, flyers, petition to sign for the ban of ECT.

 
Organized by Comité Pare-chocs in collaboration with Action Autonomie, the Mon-treal Mental Health Rights Collective.

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Laura Prescott

Laura Prescott is the President and founder of Sister Witness International Incorporated. The organization focuses on addressing the multiple forms of violence and retraumatization in the lives of women and girls who have been institutionalized in psychiatric and criminal justice settings.

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