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 […]
Sex-based violence against women and girls: Report of the Special Rapporteur on VAWG, Reem Alsalem
Human Rights Council – Fifty-ninth session
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 […]
Impact of Supreme Court of Canada’s โJordan Decisionโ on Sexual Assault Cases: Media Roundup
In July 2016, the Supreme Court of Canada (R. v. Jordan) set a timeline for completing criminal trials from when charges have been laid (18 months for cases tried in […]
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 […]
Womenโs Equality Coalition submission to the UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls: Prostitution and violence against women and girls
The Womenโs Equality Coalition is a Canadian-based coalition of womenโs organizations that provide support, services and advocacy for women who have experienced prostitution and other forms of male violence. The coalition […]
Sex Trafficking of Women: Vancouver Rape Relief’s Submission to the Committee on the Status of Women, House of Commons
Vancouver Rape Reliefโs 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 […]
Factum of the Women’s Equality Coalition: Intervener at the Ontario Superior Court of Justice (Canadian Alliance for Sex Work Law Reform v. Canada)
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Vancouver Rape Relief’s Brief to the Committee on the Status of Women
For the study on Intimate Partner and Domestic Violence in Canada, we submit the following: Women victims of male violence must be allowed (even encouraged) to have a support person […]