Press Release: Oppal Missing Women Inquiry
Vancouver – WESC, a coalition of women’s organizations, is committed to the protection and advancement of women’s liberty, dignity, security and equality. The coalition, which was granted standing, is now […]
Vancouver Rape Relief’s Oral Submission to the Federal Finance Committee
Formally, women in Canada have equal rights. In reality the journey towards equality for women in the political, economic, and domestic life is still very far from its end result: […]
Press Release: Sentencing of Mahendra Singh Johal
Women’s advocates are in New Westminster Court today for the sentencing hearing of Mahendra Singh Johal for the attempted murder of his wife, Sukwinder Johal and murder of her sons […]
The VPD review of the Mistakes in the Cases of the Missing Women and the Pickton Murders
Published in November Issue Feminist Journal Rain and Thunder. In a four hundred page report in the cases of women missing from Vancouver, Doug LePard of the VPD reveals year […]
Memorial for the Montreal Massacre
Vancouver Rape Relief and Women’s Shelter hosts a Day of Action and Remembrance for the Montreal Massacre at the Vancouver Public Library Art installation showing one months worth of calls […]
Abolishing Prostitution Through Economic, Physical and Political Security for Women (2009)
Read the pdf A chapter from: Public Policy for Women: The State Income, Income Security and Labour Market Issues, Edited by Marjorie Griffin Cohen and Jane Pulkingham, University Of Toronto Press. 2009
Aboriginal Women’s Action Network on Prostitution
As Aboriginal women on occupied Coast Salish Territory, we, the Aboriginal Women’s Action Network (AWAN) implore you to pay attention to the voices of Aboriginal women and women’s groups who are […]
Murdered Wives Action
In 2009, the collective at Vancouver Rape Relief and Women’s Shelter took to the streets every time a woman in Canada was killed by her male partner. In our woman-only […]
YMCA Peace Maker Awards
Vancouver Rape Relief and Women’s Shelter was a recipient of the YMCA’s Peace Maker Award. Jacqueline Gullion accepting the award Read more about what we do
Inaction and Non-Compliance: British Columbia’s Approach to Women’s Inequality
Read/Download the submission to the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women. The BC CEDAW Group is a coalition of women’s non-governmental and non-profit British Columbia organizations that […]