Busting 16 myths about the sex trade
Wahine Toa Rising is Survivor Led & Supports Wahine Toa (Warrior Women) & Tamariki (Children) who have & are being Exploited in the Sex Trade in Aotearoa New Zealand. CATWA […]
Vancouver Rape Relief Urges Crown to Press Charges Against a Man Who Raped a 16-year-old Girl
VANCOUVER, BC – Vancouver Rape Relief is calling on the BC Prosecution Service to press charges in a case of rape committed at a Halloween party in October 2018. The […]
Opinion: Reforming the Police Act is an opportunity to prioritize violence against women
The British Columbia Special Committee on Reforming the Police Act has just finished its first stage of consultation and is set to meet in the upcoming weeks with individuals and […]
A Crash Course on Entering Womanhood in a Misogynist World
Acquire push-up bras and matching thong underwear from La Senza. Ditch eyeglasses for contact lenses. Prove Sean right that you are hot without them. Carefully cover up visible birthmark and […]
Women of Colour’s Experiences of Male Violence and Poverty
72% of women who stay in our transition house are women of colour and Indigenous women. 78% of them live in poverty and 18% of them work in low paid […]
Pornography: women-only zoom conversation
Women’s Waves – Episode 7 – Sisterhood in the Transition House
Sisterhood in the Transition House
The quotes in italic are from battered women who participated in a roundtable conversation we hosted in April 2009. The women speaking lived in the past in our (Vancouver Rape […]
Prostitution is not a job and never will be. Here’s why.
Can prostitution be a job? Sex trade apologists claim that ‘sex work is work.’ Some of them say: “We just need a proper regulatory framework to make it safe,” while […]
Breaking the Silence on Father-Daughter Sexual Abuse of Adolescent Girls: A Case Law Study
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