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It is time for the anti-violence sector to push back against transmisogyny
In the last week, we have witnessed and experienced an increase of transphobic, transmisogynistic hate speech online and backlash in response to a recent funding decision made by the City of...
Who We Are: Getting To Know Sonmin, Volunteer and Educational Outreach Coordinator
As a member of our community, you may have heard us describe the work we do as 'Supporting Survivors and Shifting Society'. We often talk about how we support survivors through our direct services,...
‘Recognition: Trans & Queer Writing on Sexual Harm’
WAVAW Rape Crisis Center is seeking submissions of poetry, prose, and art for our upcoming zine 'Recognition: Trans & Queer Writing on Sexual Harm'. We are looking for diverse voices to talk...
Executive Director Announcement
WAVAW Rape Crisis Centre Appointment of New Executive Director For Immediate Release Vancouver. February 22, 2019. WAVAW Rape Crisis Centre is...
What do we mean by ‘people of marginalized genders’?
We have grappled a lot with language in our trans inclusion work at WAVAW. The term ‘people of marginalized genders’ was created in order to describe our mandate – the longer version of it might...
WAVAW Stands Behind the Proposed Changes to Bill C-51
During the 16 Days of Activism against Gender Based Violence I always take pause to think about how we are enacting activism in our work at WAVAW. This year’s global theme is #hearmetoo, it’s an...
WAVAW’s Justice Project, Seeks Victim Service Worker, Supervisors, Managers Participation in a Survey
WAVAW Rape Crisis Centre is in the second year of a 3-year systemic change project that seeks to answer the question: “How can we enhance Survivors confidence in the Criminal Justice System after...
WAVAW’s Stance on Sex Work
In July 2018, we published an apology to sex workers. After this, we put out a survey seeking feedback about the sexual assault service needs of the sex worker community. We saw a clear distinction...
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