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Vancouver Rape Relief’s Statement on the Rapes of Women in the Shelter of First United Church

We are calling on the Vancouver Police Department to conduct a thorough investigation of these and other sexist attacks, and to ensure that the men who are committing violence against women will be held accountable by the criminal justice system.

By Hilla Kerner
March 2, 2011
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Front LineRape
Vancouver Rape Relief’s submission to the Standing Committee on the Status of Women on Violence against Aboriginal Women

Canada has been criticized by the United Nations for its shameful income assistance rates. Women return to or cannot leave abusive relationships because they are unable to adequately provide for themselves and their children on welfare. A crucial measure to prevent the vulnerability of women to men's violence is in providing economic security to aboriginal women.

By Hilla Kerner
January 18, 2011
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Indigenous WomenFront Line
Not Work, Not Crime: Who are the True Agents in Prostitution?

Prostitution is a prime example of how the forces of sexism, poverty, and racism serve as a vice grip on women’s freedom. I maintain that all three issues must be addressed to abolish it. A good start would be to decriminalize prostituted women, and enforce the criminalization of johns and pimps. Legitimating this exploitation by labeling it work, does not serve the equality interests of women.

By Daisy Kler
November 2010
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Vancouver Rape Relief’s Submission to the Public Commission on Legal Aid

The Public Commission on Legal Aid was established the Canadian Bar Association BC branch in June of 2010 to engage the public of British Columbia in order to determine their priorities regarding legal aid in the province of British Columbia.

By Hilla Kerner
October 7, 2010
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Front LineLegal AidViolence Against Women
Vancouver Rape Relief’s Oral Submission to the Federal Finance Committee

Understanding that the poverty of women is an equality issue obligates the federal government to secure and ensure economic independence for the women in Canada

By Hilla Kerner
September 27, 2010
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Women's Poverty & Economic SecurityFront Line
What Women Need from Police and Prosecutors: 35 Years of Working to Improve Police Response to Male Violence Against Women

Raped women, who so often find their reports of rape “unfounded” by police, would stand to benefit from some method of holding police accountable. What women demand is a civilian run police complaints system that is empowered to order police to co-operate and to enforce its decisions against police.

By Louisa Russell
2010
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Criminal Justice SystemFront Line
Feeding and Nurturing our Political Palate

Personal and political decisions are made at kitchen tables everyday as we share our foods and lived experiences; we teach and learn from all women. The work in our kitchen is much more than preparing meals.

By Laura Holland
2009
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Murdered Wives Action

In 2009, the collective at Vancouver Rape Relief and Women's Shelter took to the streets every time a woman in Canada was killed by her male partner. In our woman-only action we held signs with the murdered woman's name, age, and date of her death. We mourned the women who had been murdered by their husbands.

2009
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FemicideFront Line
International Gathering of Transition House Workers

To celebrate our 35th anniversary and respond to our changing context, we hosted an international gathering of women from English-speaking welfare state countries undergoing similar neoliberal political changes, including England, Scotland, New Zealand, Australia, the United States and Canada. They joined us in considering the challenges currently facing our movement and in recommitting to the transition house as a strategy for women’s liberation.

May 28, 2008
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Transition HouseFront Line
Our Collective Efforts to Improve the Police Response for Women Escaping Male Violence

We recognized just how many demands made several years ago to improve police responses have still not been met and recommitted/ decided that they are still worth campaigning for. One such simple example is that 911 calls, initial police responses be fully documented as public records.

By Louisa Russell
May 2008
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