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The Women's Coalition for the Abolition of Prostitution at the Supreme Court of Canada - June 13, 2013
Art display - Montreal Massacre Memorial 2012

Images of “Calls to Action”- 100 life-sized silhouettes, representing calls made to the crisis line of Vancouver Rape Relief and women’s Shelter in one month, with each representing a caller.

Celebrating Bowlathon 2012 Success!

On Friday November 16th,  Bowling Teams from various local businesses throughout the community filled Grandview Lanes Glow Bowling for a night of bowling challenges, costume competitions and fundraising cheer for Vancouver Rape Relief and Women’s Shelter.   Creativity and enthusiasm were the biggest themes of the night as bowlers came dressed up in fluorescent wigs, fake beards, real beards, and cereal boxes.

International gathering on policing violence against women.

Read Police Response to Male Violence Against Women

The Native Womens Association of Canada & Vancouver Rape Relief and Womens Shelter Celebarting Sharon McIvor ground-breaking equality rights case

Read AFN Praises Sharon McIvor on October 6th, First Nations Women's Day

Read The long, hard road of Sharon McIvor, The Vancouver Sun, November 9, 2007

Walk for Rape Relief 2007

Montreal Massacre Memorial 2007

Tin Can 2006

Montreal Massacre Memorial 2006

Support for Every Woman's Right to Abortion

On May 29, 2012 members from Vancouver Rape Relief and Women's Shelter joined pro choice activists at the Vancouver Art Gallery. We gathered in response to the anti-abortion campaign sought to repeal Canada's abortion laws.

There were about a third or fourth more bodies in support of pro-choice of women's reproductive health/choice than the anti-abortion/anti-choice group. We also had a sign that said "honk if you're pro-choice!" and we got tons of supporters.

Walk for Rape Relief 2012

A massive thank you to all the people who walked the walk for Rape Relief!

To all of the donors and the volunteers whose contributions made the Walk for Rape Relief 2012 an outstanding demonstration of community support in ending male violence against women.

If you were unable to join us on the day it's not too late to make a donation!

You can still make an online donation here:

Celebrating Rape Relief's First Annual Bowl-a-Thon!

On Friday November 18, 12 enthusiastic teams filled Grandview Lanes Glow Bowling with zany costumes, team chants and fundraising spirit for our First Annual Bowl-a-Thon.

Backpage.com Protest in Vancouver

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November 16, 2011

Flesh Mapping Bed Sheet Images

Solidarity March in Support of Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women, July 5, 2011 Ottawa

Women's Worlds 2011: 800 march on Parliament for murdered and missing Aboriginal women

By Elizabeth Pickett

Participants in the Daily International Conversation

Facilitators:

Lee Lakeman – Vancouver Rape Relief and Women’s Shelter

Set up of Global Flesh Mapping, Ottawa, 2011

Day 3 - Global Fleshmapping: Our Means Will Condition Our Ends

Our Means Will Condition Our Ends

July 6, 2011

For the purpose of this conversation, let's accept that we continue to agree that “the personal is the political” and that “no woman is free until all women are free.”

We inhabit a gendered world not only oppressive to women, but also infused with homophobia and ableism, nationalism, militarism and masculinist ideology. 

Generations of women are divided not only by experience, but also by changing material conditions and sexist mythology. 

Day 4 - Global Fleshmapping: As Prostitution and Rape Marginalize and Oppress So Feminist Solidarity Resists

As Prostitution and Rape Marginalize and Oppress So Feminist Solidarity Resists

July 7, 2011

Violence against women (whether rape, wife abuse, incest or sexual harassment or prostitution) not only exploits women’s unequal status, but enforces that lower status and inequality. It is not only a set of incidents of the subjugation of individual women, but also a power that enforces women’s subjugation as a group. 

Day 2 - Global Fleshmapping: Reform and/ or Revolution?

Reform and /or Revolution? 

July 5, 2011

We define “reform” as positive changes that may buffer some women, but operate within the existing Patriarchal power relations which hold men (both individually and collectively) over women

We define “feminist transformation” as revolutionary changes because they affect the fundamentals of those Patriarchal power relations (of the individual men and group men over women) toward an egalitarian and liberatory future.

Day 1 - Global Fleshmapping: We are Living in the Belly of the Beast of Patriarchy

We are Living in the Belly of the Beast of Patriarchy

July 4, 2011 

Women and especially Aboriginal women experience the oppressive force of the state in the form of colonialism.  As well, all women face state tolerance of (inaction against) sexist violence and state economic practices and policies that exploit and impoverish women creating their vulnerability to attack.

The Women's Coaliton for the Abolition of Prostitution - Bedford Appeal

Ontario Court of Appeal, Toronto, Bedford.

Oral arguments submitted June 16, 2011 by the Women's Coaliton for the Abolition of Prostitution

Launch of Vancouver Rape Relief's 35th Anniversary Year and the 100th Anniversary of International Women’s Day
2010 Memorial for the Montréal Massacre

This year was the 21st National Day of Remembrance and Action of the Montréal Massacre.

Murdered Wives Action

In 2009, the collective at Vancouver Rape Relief and Women's Shelter took to the streets every time a woman in Canada was killed by her male partner

International Meeting Transition House Conference

2008 International Meeting Transition House Conference

Action Against Skytrain Assaults

Photos of Rape Relief's response to multiple sexual assaults on the skytrain.

Walk for Rape relief 2006

View pictures of our annual fundraiser Walk for Rape Relief 2006

Vancouver Rape Relief calls an Action to Demand Public Inquiry into the Mishandling of Pickton Case

Vancouver Rape Relief return offical sealed versions  that public is being fed about how to understand the murder of women in the Downtown Easide by William Robe

Memorial for the Montreal Massacre

Vancouver Rape Relief and Women's Shelter hosts a Day of Action and Remembrance for the Montreal Massacre at the Vancouver Public Library

2010 Walk

2010 Walk for Rape Relief our annual fundraising event.

YMCA Peace Maker Awards

Vancouver Rape Relief and Women's Shelter was a recipient of the YMCA's Peace Maker Award in 2009.

2008

Fleshmapping: vancouver markets pacific women November 25-December 10th 2008