Ending Violence Blog
Via our award winning blog Battered Women’s Support Services provides education and advocacy as we work towards the elimination of violence.
How Toy Ad Vocabulary Reinforces Gender Stereotypes
From Word Cloud Word Cloud: How Toy Ad Vocabulary Reinforces Gender Stereotypes by admin on March 28th, 2011 http://www.achilleseffect.com/2011/03/word-cloud-how-toy-ad-vocabulary-reinforces-gender-stereotypes/ I’ve always wanted to do a “mash-up” of the words used in...
New Immigration Sponsorship Conditions Would Jeopardize Women’s Safety
MEDIA ADVISORY FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE New Immigration Sponsorship Conditions Would Jeopardize Women’s Safety Anti Violence Advocates Address New Rules of Engagement for Immigrants March 30, 2011, Vancouver, BC – In a move that will hurt women in violent relationships,...
Downtown Eastside Women’s Centre Open House
Downtown Eastside Women’s Centre Open House Wednesday, April 13, 2011 Doors open 5:30 – 8 pm Visit the drop-in centre, meet staff and volunteers, learn about programs, women’s talent showcase, original art silent auction, screening of documentary “Strength, Survival,...
Once Loved Threads – The Frock Swap
Once Loved Threads – The Frock Swap What you send to closet purgatory might be heaven-sent for someone else. Celebrate the art of sharing with these 2 Vancouver-based retail fanatics and bring your once loved threads to infamous The Frock Swap. Infamous for sending...
New Rules of Engagement – "It's going to be disastrous for women who are abused"
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/canada/breakingnews/new-rules-of-engagement-proposed-for-marriages-involving-immigrants-118807564.html The Canadian Press - ONLINE EDITION New rules of engagement proposed for marriages involving immigrants By: Jim Bronskill, The...
What if she was your daughter? campaign launched in Manitoba
Feminism FOR REAL and Fundraiser for Battered Women's Support Services
Join us on Thursday April 14th from 7pm to 9pm to celebrate the Vancouver book launch of "Feminism FOR REAL: Deconstructing the Academic Industrial Complex of Feminism" edited by Jessica Yee. Where: Rhizome Cafe 317 East Broadway Vancouver, BC With a traditional...
Porn & Pop Culture: A Deadly Combination
In this compelling blog post, Lexie Kite and Jennifer Shewmaker present statistics and analysis that expose how porn has permiated pop culture. The authors argue that their article "is not just a feminist argument calling out all the harmfully objectifying messages we...
Beauty Redefined: The Lies We Buy
After much research on perceptions of women’s health, Lindsay Kate started looking into the Body Mass Index (BMI) and how it came to be the standard scale for judging a healthy weight. What she learned was shocking... The vast majority of girls and women now perceive...
Men’s Work—To Stop Male Violence
Men’s Work—To Stop Male Violence by Paul Kivel “WHY DO MEN BATTER WOMEN?” “Why do men rape women?” “Why do men stalk, harass, exploit and mistreat women?” To answer such questions we must first of all discard the easy answer: “They’re monsters.” In fact, research...
Commission on the Status of Women: "Girls are the most crucial constituents for change"
In the Fifty-fifth Session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women, it was agreed that although girls suffer severe gender discrimination and abuse, they remain "Crucial Constituents for Change" Read more about this session's conclusions, including the assertion...
Shattered Hearts
Shattered Hearts Prepared by Alexandra (Sandi) Pierce, Ph.D. for the Minnesota Indian Women’s Resource Center, Minneapolis MN © 2009 Minnesota Indian Women’s Resource Center The topic of this report is the commercial sexual exploitation of Native American women and...