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 […]
A call to uphold Canada’s Protection of Communities and Exploited Persons Act (PCEPA)
Feminists recognize the system of prostitution as violence against women and as an expression and reinforcement of women’s inequality. It is an industry that commodifies women and girls to be […]
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 […]
Nova Scotian Feminists Fighting Femicide Statement on the Mass Shooting
Nova Scotia, April 24th 2020 – Our hearts are heavy as we face the loss of 22 innocent people in the worst mass shooting in our country’s history. We are outraged […]
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1200 new women are calling us every year…Every year… Sometimes they call because they can’t sleep. They are having nightmares about their attacks, or because they need to face their […]
Words from the Zapatista Women at the Opening of the Second International Gathering of Women Who Struggle
Last month, the Zapatista Women hosted more than 3,200 women from 49 countries in the mountains of Chiapas for the second annual International Gathering of Women Who Struggle. Read their […]
A former UBC student uses BC’s Human Rights Tribunal challenges the university mishandling her report of sexual assault
Read the Canadian Press story about the case. Read the BC Human Rights Tribunal reasons for accepting Stephanie Hale’s complaint against UBC. Check out the Go Fund Me for Legal Fees for […]
A letter to Chris
I knew your dreams, but you never knew mine  My name is Lia, I am Strong Woman, daughter of a hereditary chief, and a colonial woman- whose indigenous culture is […]
Port Moody Women Demand Mayor’s Resignation
Rob Vagramov, the mayor of Port Moody, was charged with sexual assault in March of this year. The charge relates to an April 2015 incident, at which time he was […]