Rape culture is a term that was coined by feminists in the United States in the 1970s. It was designed to show the ways in which society blamed victims of sexual assault and normalized sexual...
What is Rape Culture?
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SlutWalk Vancouver: A march to end rape culture
Guest post by SlutWalk Vancouver 2013 SlutWalk Vancouver is a march to end rape culture. Our march this year is on June 2nd, at 12pm starting at the Vancouver Art Gallery. Our focus is to end...
1 Billion Rising
Check out videos and pictures from our 1 Billion Rising flash mob!
Solidarity Against Patriarchy!
We thought we would share something upbeat before the weekend... and we are excited to see these posters going up around the city! Thanks to Solidarity Against Patriarchy - "a group of (mostly) men...
“For Future Generations” – Idle No More
By Alana Prochuk, Campus Anti-Violence Initiative Coordinator Yesterday, a couple of WAVAW staffers were honoured to witness and participate in the Idle No More demonstration at Waterfront Station. ...
30 Years of WAVAW
The biggest success of feminism is…
It’s easy (too easy, actually) to get stuck in thoughts about how far feminism has to get til we’re all “free”…. I feel tired just thinking about it. In honour of the 16 Days of Action Against...
It’s Fabulous to Work for a Feminist Organization
Top Nine Reasons Why It’s Fabulous to Work for a Feminist Organization By Alana Prochuk, Campus Anti-Violence Initiative Coordinator In celebration of my two-month anniversary as a staff-member here...
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