Vancouver Rape Relief’s shadow report to CEDAW
Report to the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women on the Occasion of the Committee’s Periodic Review of Canada September 2024 Table of contents Vancouver Rape Relief and […]
This shouldn’t have happened: An open letter to BC Premier and AG on the tragic murder of Tori Dunn and other cases of femicide in British Columbia
Dear Premier Eby and Attorney General Sharma, Premier Eby was recently quoted in the media in relation to the tragic murder of Tori Dunn saying that “There needs to be […]
Opinion: Public Safety for Whom? When the Police are Perpetrators
In recent months, multiple cases of male police officers in Canada who used their positions to gain access to, and abuse, vulnerable women have been made public due to proceedings […]
Position paper on the definition of “woman” in international human rights treaties by the UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls
Indigenous Women victims of femicide by their male partner
Indigenous Women in Canada are most often victims of #femicide by their male partner or ex-partner. Source: Statistic Canada, Indigenous victims of homicide in Canada, 2022 released on March 28, […]
Women’s Equality Coalition response to “Act Now: Preventing Human Trafficking of Women, Girls and Gender Diverse People in Canada”, Report of the Standing Committee on the Status of Women
We commend the Standing Committee on the Status of Women for taking on the important study of the trafficking of women, girls, and vulnerable people for sexual purposes in Canada. […]
Bill S-210: Vancouver Rape Relief’s submission to the Committee on Public Safety and National Security, House of Commons
Download PDF Frontline Perspective on the Harms of Pornography As Bill S-210’s preamble recognizes, the consumption of pornography can result in developing attitudes favourable to harassment and violence, directed particularly […]
Opinion: BC police forces must demonstrate zero tolerance for sexism within their ranks
Last October, a notice of civil claim was registered in the Supreme Court of British Columbia on behalf of six women current and former police officers in B.C. They are […]
Vigil morning victims of femicide in British Columbia in 2023
This morning we honoured the women who were killed by men in British Columbia in 2023. For three of the women, we didn’t have their names so we just wrote […]
Potential Creation of a Coercive Control Offence: Vancouver Rape Relief’s Submission to Justice Canada
Vancouver Rape Relief & Women’s Shelter (VRRWS) operates Canada’s oldest Rape Crisis Centre and a transition house for women and their children, opening in 1973. We are active in responding […]