Julie Bindel hosting Lee Lakeman as she tells the story of Canada’s oldest rape crisis centre, the uprising of women, and the decades long battle to stay women-only.
In this episode we hear from Cenen Bagon from the Vancouver Committee for Domestic Workers and Caregivers Rights (CDWCR) about the herstory of her group, the campaigns to improve employment conditions, and immigration status of foreign care workers in Canada, and her own life as an activist.Â
The collective of Vancouver Rape Relief and Women’s Shelter has faced waves of harsh backlash through the years. Lee’s bold leadership and commitment to the collective, its feminist principles and practices, including women-only organizing, have been crucial to our survival and thriving.Â
