2020
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Women’s Rights are Human Rights
December 10, 2020
There’s a now famous-saying: “women’s rights are human rights.” Yet, around the world, women and girls are still denied ...
December 6: Workplace Violence Against Women in Canada Today
December 03, 2020
On December 6, 1989, 14 young women were murdered at Polytechnique Montreal, one of Canada’s most tragic acts of violent misogyny. Every ...
Back to Basics to End Violence Against Women and Girls
November 20, 2020
Violence against women is all around us. It’s engrained in our cultures, often passed down generationally, it’s in the media we ...
Rethinking Persons Day
October 16, 2020
Persons Day - October 18 - is a day in Canada meant to commemorate the historic decision to include women in the legal definition of ...
Celebrating the International Day of the Girl
October 08, 2020
My name is Tanya Marie Lee. Close to four years ago, I created a book club for Teen Girls 13 to 18 years of age entitled “A Room Of Your ...
International Day of Older Persons – Oct 1 2020
September 30, 2020
Every day is a milestone in the life journey. Over the years, I have come to recognize that there is a core part of me that is unchanging, that ...
Take Back the Night – Fifty years of activism
September 21, 2020
September is recognized across Canada as a time to Take Back the Night (TBTN). TBTN events are for those who have been hurt by domestic and sexual ...
The Other Global Pandemic - The Rise of Violence Against Women
September 02, 2020
In a recent Statistics Canada survey conducted in the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic, 10% of women and 6% of men reported that they were ...
The 5 Ways Dads Can Teach Sons AND Daughters About Healthy Relationships
June 17, 2020
There’s a lot of talk about father-daughter relationships. How a father can teach their daughter about love, about what a good partner looks ...
Staying Mentally Healthy During Coronavirus
May 14, 2020
This season of life is challenging for the average person. For anyone in an abusive situation, it becomes dangerous, with the risk of violence ...
Misogyny is Everywhere: Sexual Assault Awareness Month
May 08, 2020
May is Sexual Assault Awareness Month in Canada. Sexual assault, and sexual violence more broadly, is something that’s become increasingly ...
Domestic Violence as Contagion
May 06, 2020
In Nova Scotia, reporting on the massacre of twenty-two people revealed that the attacks started with the violent assault of the killer’s ...
The Impact of Coronavirus on Victims of Family Violence
March 24, 2020
The recent worldwide outbreak of COVID-19 has brought about something that most of us have never seen before: a near complete shut-down of daily ...
International Women’s Day 2020-03-06
March 06, 2020
Violence Against Women in Canada: It Affects Us All
With the lead up to the global day celebration women and women’s rights, news ...
Why We Need to Talk About Domestic Abuse on Anti-Bullying Pink Shirt Day
February 26, 2020
Pink Shirt Day, otherwise known as Anti-Bullying Day, is a day when people wear a pink shirt to symbolize the unified stand against bullying. ...
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