Press Release: International Gathering Denounces the Promotion to Legalize Prostitution
(Vancouver) At the invitation of Vancouver Rape Relief and Women’s Shelter (VRRWS) 40 feminist front line activists from Scotland, England, United States, New Zealand and from across Canada have gathered to […]
International Gathering of Transition House Workers
In Canada and many other parts of the world, women first opened their homes to battered women in the early half of the 1970s out of the momentum of the […]
Our Collective Efforts to Improve the Police Response for Women Escaping Male Violence
Over the last 35 years, the Collective of Vancouver Rape Relief and Women’s Shelter has put significant efforts toward improving the police response to women escaping male violence. Despite important […]
In Conversation with Laura Holland
Canadian military is on the hunt for new recruits. They are setting bait for First Nations children as young as sixteen, and Laura Holland’s two sons wanted to sign-up. Laura, […]
Routes of Recruitment: Pimps’ Techniques and Other Circumstances That Lead to Street Prostitution
A summary of Routes of Recruitment: Pimps’ Techniques and Other Circumstances That Lead to Street Prostitution Source: Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment & Trauma, Volume 15 (2007) The study interviewed 32 women who were […]
From Riot Grrrl to Radical: Reflections from a Working-Class Feminist
L’auteure, une feministe militante impliquée dans la non-violence, une feministe de la classe ouvrié, réfléchit sur ses opinions qui ont évolué, plus particulierement au sujet de role des homes dans […]
Press Release: Rights of Equality-Seeking Organizations Protected
(VANCOUVER) On Wednesday, December 7, 2005, the B.C. Court of Appeal unanimously confirmed that Vancouver Rape Relief and Women’s Shelter has the right to determine their own membership. The decision […]
Lest We Forget Sherry Heron and Anna Adams
Their murders by a stalker husband were preventable. Officials continue to bury the lessons. On May 20, 2003, Bryan Bruce Heron walked into Mission Memorial Hospital and shot dead his […]
Pornography and Prostitution and Canada: The Dangers Ahead
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Prostitution of Indigenous Women: Sex Inequality and the Colonization of Canada’s First Nations Women
Introduction The recent history of Canada is the history of the colonization of Aboriginal peoples. We use the terms Aboriginal, Indigenous, First Nations, and Native throughout this paper to refer […]