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Canadian banks have a role to play in preventing domestic violence

Online harms need a gender-based analysis

Online harms need a gender-based analysis

Bikini-clad girl on the beach is holding a smartphone with the OnlyFans app on the screen. Everything but the phone is in soft focus.

Canada must end financial discrimination against sex workers

Failure to protect: the criminalization of survivors of intimate-partner violence

Taylor Swift wearing a white coat with black sleaves and an NFL logo on the sleeve.

Canada needs deepfake legislation yesterday

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Women’s economic empowerment is crucial to Canada’s strategies against gender-based violence

The case for the legislative protection of cash

The little heart is fashioned out of plywood and is attached to a long piece of plastic with purple ribbons a couple of inches long hanging from it. The wooden piece would fit in the palm of your hand. The woman holding it has wraparound sunglasses and a white shirt. She’s standing in a row of women who are holding similar items. The mood is somber, with shadows and sunlight intermingling across the faces of the group.

Historic meeting of ministers needs to look at international human rights

The punishing response to the defence of extreme intoxication

“Extreme intoxication” appeal decision is yet another blow to women

Pandemic exposes existing link between isolation and domestic violence

The intimate connection between mass shootings and violence against women

Femmes noires et violence sexuelle : visibilité et stigmatisation

Trauma must be considered in cases of intimate partner violence

Independent national body would address violence against athletes

Sexual assault policy must better protect migrant women

The gaps in Canada’s efforts to stop sexual violence against children

Quebec City murder underscores need to abolish prostitution

Bringing fairness to campus sexual violence complaint processes

Les hommes victimes d’abus sexuels durant l’enfance

Sex-assault prosecutions often fail women with mental disabilities

External monitoring body would hold military accountable for sexual assaults

Médias et agressions sexuelles : prévenir ou nuire

Support services still lacking for survivors of sexual assault

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