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Canada cannot sell gender equality abroad without practising it at home

Attendees use their phones to record then-prime minister Justin Trudeau speaking.

Trudeau set a high bar on diversity in appointments. Will Carney match it?

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Consent confusion and the Hockey Canada sexual-assault trial

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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

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

Do you need to punch to be prime minister?

Rape myths and sexism still cloud police responses to sexualized violence

The misogyny of the so-called “rough sex” defence

Prévention primaire et exploitation sexuelle des mineures

Legal gaps persist for intimate partner sexual violence after key ruling

Les délais de prescription dans les cas de violence sexuelle

How the minority Parliament can help respond to sexualized violence

Pursuing the career the women of Polytechnique could not

Les violences envers les femmes : hier et aujourd’hui

Autocrats use feminism to undermine democracy

Mort au feuilleton du projet de loi C-337

Citizen scrutiny can help improve sex assault trials

Why are the deaths of Indigenous women and girls ungrievable?

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