Vancouver Rape Relief to intervene in two sexual assault cases before the Supreme Court of Canada
On May 21 and 22, Vancouver Rape Relief will intervene in two appeals before the Supreme Court of Canada that raise an important issue for sexual assault survivors whose cases […]
Key findings of BC Coroner’s review of Intimate Partner Violence-Related Deaths in the province echo Vancouver Rape Relief’s calls
The BC Coroner just released its Review of Intimate Partner Violence-Related Deaths in British Columbia, 2016-2024. We have been pressing the province for systemic change, with transparency and making the […]
Ordinary Women Rise: Lee Lakeman’s herstory book about Vancouver Rape Relief and Womenโs Shelter
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Vancouver Rape Relief’s Vigil at B.C. Legislature honouring Women Victimsย of Femicide in 2025
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. […]