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Pillow Fighters Host Bike Wash for Vancouver Rape Relief

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Friday, May 4, 2012
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"...we think it's important, on a ground level, to collectively do things that can make a difference", said club founder Melanie Porodo of the the Downtown Eastside Orgnaization.

Briefing by the Native Women´s Association of Canada (NWAC) and the Canadian Feminist Alliance for International Action (FAFIA) on the disappearances and murders of Aboriginal women and girls

Date: 
Tuesday, April 3, 2012
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http://www.oas.org/es/cidh/audiencias/TopicsList.aspx?Lang=en&Topic=15
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Briefing by the Native Women´s Association of Canada (NWAC) and the Canadian Feminist Alliance for International Action (FAFIA) to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) on the disappearances and murders of Aboriginal women and girls in British Columbia and Canada.

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The State Betrayal of Battered Women

Date: 
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
Link: 
http://rabble.ca/podcasts/shows/f-word/2011/12/state-betrayal-battered-women
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On this week's show, your host, Meghan Murphy, airs excerpts from a powerful Montreal Massacre Memorial event organized by Vancouver Rape Relief & Shelter on December 3, 2011.

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Forum remembers École Polytechnique, fights violence against women today

Date: 
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
Link: 
http://rabble.ca/news/2011/12/forum-remembers-ecole-polytechnique-fights-against...
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"The 14 women killed at École Polytechnique in Montreal 22 years ago were remembered by over a hundred participants at a public education forum for ending violence against women, which took pl ...
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Supreme Court got it right in ruling against 'advance consent'

Date: 
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
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Supreme Court got it right in ruling against 'advance consent'

A win for women at the Supreme Court of Canada last week in the J.A. ...
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Judge Continues Pathetic Tradition Of Blaming The Victim

Date: 
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
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Manitoba Queen's Bench Justice Robert Dewar's sentencing decision was based on an astoundingly sexist and ignorant view of what constitutes consent.

Judge continues pathetic tradition of blaming the victim By Daisy Kler, Vancouver Sun March 2, 2011 ...

But it was ' rape-rape'? #mooreandme, rape apolgism, and the left. Why women are still missing from the big picture?

Date: 
Monday, January 3, 2011
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The topic of what constitutes consent is raging around the world. Jaclyn Freidman discusses with local feminist radio show  the "F word" the issue of consent and reaction to Julianne Assange's charges of rape.

The F Word explores the online revolution called #mooreandme; described by The Guardian as "the hashtag that roared." Meghan Murphy interviews Jaclyn Friedman about the rape alle ...
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Craigslist apparently pulls "erotic services" section

Date: 
Saturday, December 18, 2010
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Crisis worker Alice Lee with the Vancouver Rape Relief and Women's Shelter calls it a positive first step.  "It's true there are other websites, however Craigslist is the biggest and the most popular.  And it makes it very easy for traffickers and pimps to sell women and children."   

VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) - There has been no official wo ...
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Prosecute pimps and johns, not prostitutes

Date: 
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Link: 
http://www.vancourier.com/life/Prosecute+pimps+johns+prostitutes/3769941/story.h...
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Prostitution is a form of violence against women. Let's not forget that it is usually the poorest, most racialized women who are prostituted. Moreover, most women are introduced to the trade as girls. Consequently, we see no possibility for prostitution to be consensual or safe, so long as men are entitled to women's bodies on demand.
Court decision misguided and potentially dangerous By Sarah M. ...
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