Ending Violence Blog

In 2025, 147 women and girls were violently killed in Canada, most often by men they knew. Research from the Canadian Femicide Observatory for Justice and Accountability shows these deaths follow recognizable patterns: gendered violence, killings in private spaces,...

  War reorganizes gender-based violence and violence against women. When we read Labor Amid Displacement: How Lebanon’s Midwives are Carrying Expecting Mothers Through War, we cried. We connected deeply and profoundly with the realities being described, and with the...

Anti-violence organization calls for accountability following charges against sitting MLA Vancouver, B.C. - Recent reporting confirms that Richmond Centre MLA Hon Chan has been charged with assault, assault by choking, and uttering threats in an alleged case of...

Domestic violence is often framed as an issue associated with poverty, instability, or social disadvantage. While economic stress can certainly intensify violence, this narrative obscures an important reality: abuse occurs across all social classes. In affluent...

Across British Columbia, many survivors of intimate partner violence are making decisions about their safety while navigating housing shortages, financial instability, and limited access to childcare. Leaving violence is not simply a personal decision, the systems...

  Escalation is not accidental. It is often a pattern rooted in control. Many survivors describe how abuse changes over time, increased monitoring, stricter rules, threats that grow more explicit, or the first acts of physical violence. These shifts are not isolated...

Not all “toughening up” is about helping boys grow. Sometimes it is about control. In families where abuse is present, some fathers push boys toward rigid, aggressive ideas of masculinity, shaming vulnerability, discouraging emotional expression, or using fear to...

“Belittling isn’t conflict. It’s a strategy.” Belittling is often minimized as teasing, sarcasm, or “just a joke.” But survivors tell us that repeated insults, humiliation, and dismissive comments are rarely accidental, they are patterns used by an abusive partner to...

“Public safety systems often wait for bruises. Survivors recognize the warning signs much earlier.” Many survivors describe verbal abuse and psychological harm long before violence becomes visible. Insults behind closed doors, unpredictable outbursts, belittling when...

Image by Marius ArnesenOver the past week, a stark message has moved across feminist networks: “The Taliban has legalized domestic violence as long as bones are not broken.” Under Afghanistan’s new penal code, a husband can physically abuse his wife or children as...