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Potential Creation of a Coercive Control Offence: Vancouver Rape Relief’s Submission to Justice Canada

By Laurel McBride and Dani Plumari

October 25, 2023

Criminal Justice System Femicide Front Line Transition House Violence Against Women Women's Poverty & Economic Security

Bill S-212: Vancouver Rape Relief’s submission to the Senate Committee on Legal And Constitutional Affairs

We see time and time again that men are charged with assault and uttering threats, and released back into the community with no meaningful oversight to ensure they do not make good on those threats. Last year in B.C., five women were murdered by a current or ex-male partner that were released on conditions to stay away from these women. These orders did not protect them. We desperately need robust mechanisms to ensure that women and their children are protected from men who pose grave risks to them.

By Laurel McBride

June 1, 2023

Criminal Justice System Front Line

Sex Trafficking of Women: Vancouver Rape Relief’s Submission to the Committee on the Status of Women, House of Commons

"Until there is no longer a market for sexual access to women and girls’ bodies, traffickers will continue to have financial incentive to recruit vulnerable women and girls into commercial sexual exploitation. The work of shrinking market demand for men’s paid sexual access to women is daunting but we believe it is possible and will require all of us to shift the societal attitudes that sustain women’s unequal position. "

By Laurel McBride

May 4, 2023

Front Line Prostitution

Opinion: There is nothing ethical about profiting from sexual exploitation

"Most commonly, their male partner films their consensual sexual encounter, sometimes surreptitiously. He then posts (or threatens to post) it online to platforms such as PornHub, to coerce the woman into staying in the relationship or conversely, to punish her for leaving. Such a video being posted on the internet (and often remaining there permanently) can have a devastating impact on the lives, livelihoods and social relationships of the targeted women."

By Laurel McBride

April 11, 2023

Pornography Front Line

Vancouver Rape Relief’s Data on Incest

Of the women who call Vancouver Rape Relief for being victims of sexual assault or rape, 27% were sexually abused in their childhood. Of these 27 %, 47% were victims of incest, meaning that the abuser was an adult family member.

September 9, 2022

Front Line Incest Statistics

Vancouver Rape Relief’s Brief to the Committee on the Status of Women

Male violence against women in the domestic setting, and in every other situation, is a direct result of the social construction of masculinity that manifests in men’s entitlement and control over women’s bodies. Since pornography and prostitution are misogynist systems that objectifies, dehumanizes, and commodifies women, we are calling on the Committee on the Status of Women to take a strong stand against pornography and prostitution.

By Hilla Kerner

March 17, 2022

Wife Battery Front Line

Vancouver Rape Relief’s Brief to the Committee on Justice and Human Rights

By Hilla Kerner

February 22, 2022

Front Line Prostitution

The women who called our crisis line in 2021

January 7, 2022

Tips for women who want to report their rapist to the police

Dealing with the criminal justice system as a victim of sexual assault can be frustrating and even traumatizing. You don’t need to go through it alone.

By Sophia Hladik

November 29, 2021

Criminal Justice System Front Line

Women’s Waves – Episode 13 – Pornography Harms Women, Part 1

Working on the frontlines has informed us on how women are impacted by pornography. Our collective member Sophia Hladik shares Vancouver Rape Relief's demands with regards to MindGeek, and revenge porn, before her interview with Meghan Donevan from the Sweden based organization Talita, who supports women exiting the porn industry.

October 13, 2021

Pornography Front Line

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