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Blog Posts and Resources for Supporting Survivors, Shifting Society
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...
Double The Impact of Your Holiday Donation!
On Giving Tuesday (December 2, 2014) You Can Double The Impact of Your Holiday Donation! Giving Tuesday which falls after Cyber Monday each year, is a global day of giving! And this year Interac...
On this Remembrance Day…
This Saturday is Remembrance Day, a day set aside to remember our armed forces who went to battle and those who died. Undeniably, it is also a day to remember the horrors of war in order to ensure...
Are You Kidding Me?
Really Target why would you think this is ok? It's not cute, it's sexist. As the article points out “It’s the juxtaposition of the two articles that really sort of frames this whole feminist...
Are You Kidding Me?!
Let the groan-fest continue. We came across yet another headline that has prompted us to ask , "Are you kidding me?!" [insert face-palm here]. Women in Brazil are being asked to either submit...
WAVAW at VCC
WAVAW and the VCC Community C.A.R.E. About Gendered Violence! In April 2013, WAVAW, Vancouver Community College (VCC), and its Students' Union launched an amazing 18-month project called C.A.R.E....
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