Bill C-51: Vancouver Rape Relief’s submission to the Senate Committee on Legal And Constitutional Affairs
Bill C-51: An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the Department of Justice Act Most of you know who we are and our work as the oldest rape crisis […]
Feminists and the Left on Guaranteed Livable Income
Download/print PDF This is the text of a speak given by Maria Wong at North American Basic Income Guarantee Congress (NABIG), 2018
Protecting Private “Third Party” Records Rape Trials – Recent Developments in British Columbia
On March 21, 2018 in the Supreme Court of BC there was an important victory for Feminist Rape Crisis Centres and all women seeking their confidential services. The counselling records of Kamloops […]
Statistics on Prostitution
The following are highlights from four relevant studies on prostitution. *** A study about head injury on 65 women and transwomen in supportive programs for exiting prostitution in San Francisco, […]
Statistics about Sexual Assault and the Canadian Criminal Justice System
Less than half (43%) of sexual assault incidents reported to police resulted in a charge being laid; of these, half (49%) proceeded to court; of which just over half (55%) […]
Factum of the Women’s Equality and Liberty Coalition, Intervener at the Supreme Court of Canada (R. v. Barton)
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Bill C-51: Vancouver Rape Relief’s submission to the Committee on Justice and Human Rights, House of Commons
Bill C-51: An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the Department of Justice Act The women who work in rape crisis centres did not need the “Me too” campaign […]
Economic Security for Women in Canada: Submission to the Committee on the Status of Women, House of Commons
The women’s liberation movement has historically been and continues to be the most crucial and effective in advancing women’s equality, addressing women’s rights, advocating for reproductive freedom, and tackling the […]
Bill C-16: Vancouver Rape Relief’s submission to the Senate Committee on Legal And Constitutional Affairs
Bill C-16: An Act to amend the Canadian Human Rights Act Transgender people must live in safety and have the equal rights and opportunities that are promised to us all. […]
The Jane Collective: Underground Abortion Service in Chicago 1969-1973
From conversations between Madeleine Schwartz, a journalist, and members of the Abortion Counseling Service of Women’s Liberation, later known as Jane, an underground railroad for reproductive care that was started […]