The collective of Vancouver Rape Relief mourns the passing of Lee Lakeman
“Feminism caught my mind and heart back when we still called it Women’s Liberation. Feminism provides me with an intelligent, compassionate and artful approach to life, to love and to […]
Women’s Waves – Episode 22
In this episode we talk with Kyungjin Oh from the Korea Women’s Associations United (KWAU) about women’s oppression and feminist resistance in South Korea. Listen on PodBean Listen on Apple […]
Domestic Femicide Foreseen: Media Roundup
Routinely, men that are deemed dangerous by Crown prosecutors and judges, as evidenced by the granting of protection orders and/or no-contact as a bail condition, are released into the community […]
Women’s Waves – Episode 21
In this episode we talk with our member Laurel about this year’s conviction of a Winnipeg man who murdered four indigenous women and recall some of the outrageous failures in the […]
October 5: International Day of No Prostitution (IDNP)
On the occasion of IDNP 2024, the Women’s Equality Coalition marks the 10th anniversary of the Protection of Communities and Exploited Persons Act, 2014, which recognizes prostitution as an exploitative […]
Vancouver Rape Relief’s shadow report to CEDAW
Report to the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women on the Occasion of the Committee’s Periodic Review of Canada September 2024 Table of contents Vancouver Rape Relief and […]
Statistics about Indigenous Women in Canada
1. Indigenous women victims of homicide While they represent only 4% of all women in Canada, Indigenous women make up 26% (53 out of 203 women) of homicides perpetrated against […]
Police Sexual Misconduct: Media Roundup
The amount of public cases of police officers using the power of their position to sexually harass and assault women continues to mount. Below is a snapshot of this chilling […]
Women’s Waves – Episode 20
In this episode we talk with Hema, the advocacy coordinator at CAP International, about the recent ruling of the European Court of Human Rights regarding the French law that criminalizes […]
This shouldn’t have happened: An open letter to BC Premier and AG on the tragic murder of Tori Dunn and other cases of femicide in British Columbia
Dear Premier Eby and Attorney General Sharma, Premier Eby was recently quoted in the media in relation to the tragic murder of Tori Dunn saying that “There needs to be […]