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Blog Posts and Resources for Supporting Survivors, Shifting Society
Round Dance in Honour of Women Warriors
WAVAW is hosting a Round Dance on Saturday March 21. Join us! Download the poster PDF Round Dance Poster 2015. Check out the Facebook event.
Context of Consent in a Rape Culture
[Talk at the Social Justice Action Network @ UBC Law: Defining "Yes": Consent, Sexual Assault and the Law] First of all, I would like to start with recognizing that we are on unceded Musqueam land....
ABORIGINAL WOMEN’S COUNSELLOR & OUTREACH WORKER
WAVAW Rape Crisis Centre is seeking an Aboriginal Women’s Counsellor and Outreach worker who is committed to a Feminist Anti-Oppression approach to her work. Closing date for applications is...
Power Walking, Locked Jaws & Clutched Keys: The Realities of Navigating Public Space after Sexual Assault
Guest post by WAVAW Volunteer, Nicole Wayara I am fortunate to have been supported by a whole lot of awesome people throughout what I still believe was the most mentally damaging experience of my...
Are You Kidding Me?!?!?
Pregnant Meteorologist, Kristi Gordon, feels compelled to apologize on television for being pregnant and asks viewers to "please be easy" on her in regards to what she will be wearing to fit her...
WAVAW and the Emerging Feminist Consciousness
Guest Post by WAVAW Volunteer, Ruwani Dadallage I had first heard about WAVAW almost a decade ago when I got one of their buttons in high school during anti-bullying week. I thought the moniker was...
Women’s Lives Matter
Speech for International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers by WAVAW Counsellors, Jen Shortt and Jodie Millward As Aboriginal women from other territories, we would like to begin by...
WAVAW is now part of who I am
Guest Post by WAVAW Volunteer Prior to volunteering with WAVAW I didn’t really consider myself a “feminist”. I knew that I supported equality, felt strongly about women’s rights, and was frustrated...
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