Protest Against Wife Murder
 Today, in a protest held by Vancouver Rape Relief and Women’s Shelter, twelve women wearing black stood in front of the Vancouver Art Gallery holding signs with the names of […]
Women Rally to Fight Violence Against Women
Frontline women’s organizations rallied today in front of the provincial courts (800 Hornby Street), to raise the alarm regarding violence against women and the systemic failure to address male violence […]
Press Release: Equality-seeking Women’s Groups will continue to demand a change in the laws on prostitution
(Vancouver) The Women’s Coalition for the Abolition of Prostitution, a pan-Canadian coalition of equality-seeking women’s groups received the Ontario Court of Appeal decision today regarding the prostitution laws with mixed […]
A letter to Vancouver Public Library from Ti-Grace Atkinson, Carol Giardina, Carol Hanisch, Kathie Sarachild and Kathy Scarbrough
Dear Sandra Singh*, We, as longtime activists for women’s liberation here in the United States, would like to commend you for standing firm for free speech and the right of […]
Statement regarding Dr. Janice Raymond speak at the Montreal Massacre Memorial
Every year, since December 6th, 1989 when 14 female engineering students at École Polytechnique were massacred by a man who stated that he “hated feminists”, Vancouver Rape Relief has been marking […]
An open letter to UBC: Nine things you should do to stop rape on campus
1.    Understand sexual assault as an expression and reinforcement of women’s inequality. Promote women’s equality on campus by ensuring women have power and leadership roles in all different academic, administrative, […]
Press Release: Vancouver Rape Relief Monitors Trial of a Local Man Charged with Pimping and Sexual Assault of Girls
Vancouver, BC. – Vancouver Rape Relief and Women’s Shelter (VRRWS) is closely monitoring the Supreme Court trial of Reza Moazami who has been indicted on 36 counts including human trafficking, […]
Women Protest the New Westminster Police Department’s Failure to Protect Women from Male Violence
Statement on the Deaths of Jill Lyons and Karen Nabors
Press Release: Vancouver Rape Relief’s Statement on the Deaths of Jill Lyons and Karen Nabors
Our hearts go out to the families and friends of Jill Lyons and Karen Nabors. The recent, sudden deaths of these two women within the same building have prompted a […]
Vancouver Rape Relief’s Response to Police-Reported Crime Statistics in Canada, 2011
There is nothing to celebrate about the decrease of sexual assault reports to police in British Columbia. Vancouver Rape Relief and Women’s Shelter, the oldest rape crisis center in Canada […]