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Blog Posts and Resources for Supporting Survivors, Shifting Society
Embracing Anger
Post by Rebecca, WAVAW Relief Staff Let me know if you’ve heard this before: “Anger is toxic.” “You’d be prettier if you smiled.” “It’s not ladylike to be cross.” “Don’t be a bitch.” From the time...
This is what you can make possible:
When WAVAW was founded over 30 years ago, the work started with one woman and one crisis line. She responded with, “I believe you.” Three simple words that re-connect survivors to humanity...
Acknowledging Violence Against Women: Honouring Women as a Daily Practice
Post by WAVAW Relief Staff, Jane “Laugh and cry and tell stories. Sad stories about bodies stolen, bodies no longer here. Enraging stories about the false images, devastating lies, untold violence....
Dressing Up
Post by WAVAW Relief Staff, Jane Halloween has always been one of my favourite holidays. The carnivalesque, liberatory nature of becoming someone else for an evening surpasses in excitement and...
A Look Into Decolonizing Praxis
Written by Charlene Hellson, WAVAW Aboriginal Women’s Counsellor WAVAW was invited to Alberta to share our Decolonizing Praxis at the Knowledge Exchange on Supporting Families of Missing and...
Are you kidding me?!
As the election nears, it is clear that blaming women for injustice we experience continues to be a problem among politicians and parties. In 2015, we still see headlines like this: That's right....
Feminism – there’s more to it than equality
Guest Post by WAVAW Volunteer, Natti Schmid 'Feminism is about equality', say the Tumblr memes, and the Instagram captions, and all the hippest pop icons. 'Feminism is about equality' is also the...
We love our Volunteers
WAVAW Volunteers are feminists. WAVAW Volunteers get up in the middle of the night to tell strangers they are not alone. WAVAW Volunteers get up in front of dozens of strangers and call out...
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