Who are we

Our Mission

To achieve a balance of power in society which, we believe, will bring about an end to violence and abuse of women and children. Cythera strives to bring an end to domestic violence through transitional housing, counselling, education and access to additional community resources.

Our Vision

We believe that:

  • Ending violence is a community responsibility.  In responding to the needs of our community, accessibility to services is imperative.  Our community has a responsibility to provide a safe haven for victims/survivors.

  • Violence and abuse is rooted in power imbalances and is never acceptable when it is directed at women and children.

  • Ending violence and abuse is achieved through the power of knowledge, and change.  That change requires courage, conviction and commitment.

“From the first meeting with them, I felt a hope that I had not felt before. In the one-on-one sessions, I found people who could understand what I was feeling. In the group meetings, I met other women, young and old, attractive, intelligent and caring who expressed the same things that I was feeling. I cried, suffered, talked and listened as others did the same and finally started to understand that just as we women shared a lot of the same experiences, the men also shared all the same traits of anger and oppression. “

-Stopping the Violence program participant