Five women were murdered by men in a span of three weeks in British Columbia
Earlier today, a silent vigil was held today in downtown Vancouver honouring 5 women who were murdered by men in recent weeks in British Columbia. We are calling on the […]
The Supreme Court of Canada confirms the constitutionality of prostitution related offences
The Supreme Court of Canada in R.ย v.ย Kloubakov, 2025 SCCย 25 upheld the conviction of two men who were profiting as โdriversโ from the exploitation of women in prostitution. The Court accepted […]
Opinion: Canadaโs sexual-assault law is not the problem โ itโs the application of it
Elizabeth Sheehy is a professor emerita of law at the University of Ottawa. Janine Benedet and Isabel Grant are law professors at the University of British Columbia. No matter the […]
We are starving
I am so hungry. Iโve never meant those words in the way I do now. They carry a kind of humiliation that I canโt fully describe. Every moment, I find […]
The Israeli women activists protesting for Gaza’s children
Opinion: A Feminism That Cannot Name Gaza Is Not Feminismย
Published in Haaretz, April 27, 2025 Feminism has long celebrated the victories of “firsts” โ the first woman to lead, to land a spacecraft, to break barriers built by patriarchy. […]
Rise Up: The Story of Vancouver Rape Relief and Womenโs Shelter
Julie Bindel hosting Lee Lakeman as she tells the story of Canadaโs oldest rape crisis centre, the uprising of women, and the decades long battle to stay women-only.
BC Victims of Femicide 2024
Vancouver Rape Relief’s Brief Submitted to the Standing Committee on the Status of Women re: Femicide
Download the pdf Femicide in Canada In 2023, 205 women and girls were victims of homicide in Canada.[1] Of the solved homicides, almost three quarters (72%) were killed by a […]
October 5: International Day of No Prostitution (IDNP)
On the occasion of IDNP 2024, the Womenโs Equality Coalition marks the 10th anniversary of the Protection of Communities and Exploited Persons Act, 2014, which recognizes prostitution as an exploitative […]