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...
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You Can Take Action Too!
How can a government be indifferent to public education, to fair working conditions for teachers, to the law and BC Supreme Court rulings? We stand in solidarity with our teachers and all of those...
Before you Take Action, Check-In With Yourself
Written by Dalya Israel, Manager of Victim Services and Outreach Programs For National Victims of Crime awareness week this year the theme is “Taking Action”. In the Victim Service program at WAVAW...
False Logic is Bad for Women
Written by Natalie Hill (WAVAW volunteer). Natalie wrote this piece in response to CBC's radio program, Q, and their segment titled "does rape culture really exist?". Natalie submitted this piece...
Rape Culture in Politics
Speech from the January 29th “Is Rape Culture in Politics?” panel. My name is Irene-Tsepnopoulos-Elhaimer and I am the Executive Director at Women Against Violence Against Women Rape Crisis Centre,...
Thinking Outside the Consent Box
Written by WAVAW Relief Staff, Caity Goerke The recent rape chants at the University of British Columbia (UBC) and Saint Mary’s University (SMU) have prompted many public conversations about sexual...
Women are still learning fear on campus
On December 6, we commemorated the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women. On this day in 1989 a gunman entered Montreal’s École Polytechnique. He purposely separated the...
Is Justice Blind?
New Research Paper Explores Why Only 4.6% of Sexual Assault Cases Result in Conviction In commemoration of December 6th, the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women,...
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