UN Adds Pressure on Canada re National Action Plan on Violence Against Women
WSC and shelter staff with Dubravka Šimonovic during her visit This morning in Geneva, Dubravka Šimonovic, United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women (VAW), presented the report on her official visit [...]
Women’s Shelters Canada Welcomes Final Report of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls
Yesterday, the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls released their final report, Reclaiming Power and Place. As the National Inquiry states on their website, “The Final Report is comprised of the [...]
WSC Welcomes Standing Committee Report on VAW Shelters
Women’s Shelters Canada (WSC) welcomes the release of the Standing Committee on the Status of Women’s report, “Surviving Abuse and Building Resilience – A Study of Canada’s Systems of Shelters and Transition Houses Serving Women [...]
Many Women’s Shelters Across Canada Support Trans Women
"People in crisis recognize people in crisis." In the last week, news of the city of Vancouver's decision to gradually end a yearly grant to Vancouver Rape Relief and Women's Shelter resulted in emotions running [...]
Talking About Violence Against Women Shouldn’t Inspire Misogyny
On Wednesday, the Canadian Femicide Observatory for Justice and Accountability released its inaugural report on femicide in Canada in 2018. As soon as they did, I was waiting for the barrage of "What about men?!?" comments to [...]
Advocacy Works! Indigenous Women’s Voices Heard
Sometimes advocacy really does work! Women’s Shelters Canada has been advocating for the Standing Committee on the Status of Women to hear from more Indigenous women’s organizations, after only one such organization appeared as a [...]