Bill C-3: Vancouver Rape Relief’s submission to the Senate Committee on Legal And Constitutional Affairs
Bill C-3: An Act to amend the Judges Act and the Criminal Code Ashani Montgomery: When a woman calls us for support and she wants to report her rape to […]
This is what our member Karla said to Vancouver City Council at the discussion on 2021 Community Services and Other Social Grants
We’re opposed to the staff report recommendation for the City of Vancouver not to fund our Support Education and Action Program. Last year, 580 women told us her husband, boyfriend […]
45 Feminist Demands to End Male Violence against Women
The 45 feminist demands are inspired by and consistent with 99 Federal Steps To End Violence Against Women written by Lee Lakeman and endorsed by the National Action Committee on […]
45 Feminist Demands to End Male Violence against Women (short version)
Demand 1: Funding for independent of the state, women-controlled, women-only feminist rape crisis centres, transition houses, comprehensive prostitution exiting services and women’s centre in every community in the country [urban, […]
Application for the City of Vancouver: Direct Social Services Grant Program
Organization Name: Vancouver Rape Relief and Women’s Shelter Program Description: Male violence against women is both an expression and reinforcement of women’s oppression. Men’s violence takes many forms including rape; […]
Vancouver Rape Relief’s letter to Assistant Deputy Attorney General
Mr. Peter Juk, QCAssistant Deputy Attorney GeneralBC Prosecution Service Dear Mr. Juk, I am writing to you regarding the decision of the British Columbia Court of Appeal on R. v. […]
Pornography Harms Women
Frontline perspective Many women who call our crisis line are detrimentally impacted by pornography. Women tell us that former male partners blackmail them by threatening to distribute intimate photographs and […]
324 women died of drug overdose in British Columbia in 2020
Honourable Sheila MalcolmsonMinister of Mental Health and AddictionsBritish Columbia Dear Minister Malcolmson: The BC Coroners Report that was published today (February 11, 2021) reveals that 324 women died of drug overdose in […]
Vancouver Rape Relief’s Data on Prostitution
Vancouver Rape Relief and Women’s Shelter’s services are available to any woman who has experienced any form of male violence including wife battering, incest, rape, sexual assault, sexual harassment, and […]
Busting 16 myths about the sex trade
Wahine Toa Rising is Survivor Led & Supports Wahine Toa (Warrior Women) & Tamariki (Children) who have & are being Exploited in the Sex Trade in Aotearoa New Zealand. CATWA […]