News & Updates

On International Women’s Day 2013, WAVAW has a lot to celebrate:  three decades of hard-won achievements in the struggle to create a society where all women are free from violence. To commemorate a...

Our response to the negative and hateful comments towards Maggie and the photographer, Sara Naomi Lewkowicz, in the project "Photographer as Witness: A Portrait of Domestic Violence" Domestic...

We believe that an end to violence against women and gender inequality is possible. Over the past two decades, reports and plans have filled bookshelves, filing cabinets and hard drives. These...

As of January 24, 2013, women are now legally able to serve in combat positions in the U.S. army. While many of us celebrate this change with a cry of, “Finally!” there are many people who oppose...

By Dalya Israel, WAVAW's Victim Services Coordinator On January 21, 2013 the BC Government launched an online public consultation questionnaire where the public is asked to make suggestions on how...

by Lisa Wagner The City Council of Vancouver was to meet Tuesday to approve a series of increases to fines for 42 city bylaws, including those that allow for the ticketing of homeless people...

As the Idle No More strengthens so do, unfortunately, the condescending and racist editorials in various newspapers. Disgusted by the pieces being published WAVAW has written two separate responses...