Learning and Knowledge Exchanges
This webpage is a centralized hub for resources related to Gender-Based Violence (GBV) from organizations across British Columbia, as well as key national and international research. We will continue to update this webpage as further resources become available.
No Selves to Defend: A Legacy of Criminalizing Women of Colour for Self Defense
The “No Selves to Defend” anthology was conceived and edited by Mariame Kaba of the Chicago Alliance to Free Marissa Alexander (now called Love & Protect). Published in June 2014, the anthology locates Marissa Alexander’s case within a historical context that criminalizes and punishes women (particularly of color) for self-defense and survival.
Getting to the Roots: Exploring Systemic Violence against Women in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver
Exploring Systemic Violence Against Women in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver is a safety audit conceived of and put into action by a coalition of women-serving organizations in the Downtown Eastside (DTES) of Vancouver.
Criminal Harassment Infographic
This infographic contains some valuable information about criminal harassment in Canada, what it is, and what it looks like online.
My Work Should Not Cost Me My Life
This reports lays the evidentiary and legal groundwork for sex workers to have access to healthy and safe working conditions, to address law enforcement concerns about violence and abuse in the sex industry, and to ensure that sex workers’ choices and autonomy are respected.
#Cybermisogyny: Using and strengthening Canadian legal responses to gendered hate and harassment online
This report analyzes five common manifestations of cyber misogyny: revenge porn; non-consensual sharing of intimate images among youth; child sexual exploitation; cyberstalking; and gender-based hate speech online.
Factsheet: Women with Disabilities and Violence
This backgrounder explains how violence against women and girls with disabilities is not just a subset of gender-based violence; it is an intersectional category dealing with gender -based and disability-based violence.
Minister’s Advisory Council on Aboriginal Women Direction to Government on Taking Action to End Violence and Improve the Lives of Aboriginal Women in B.C.
In June 2011 when the Minister’s Advisory Council on Aboriginal Women (MACAW) was established, it was mandated to provide advice to government on how to improve the quality of life for Aboriginal women across British Columbia. “Taking Action” is MACAW’s advice to the Province of British Columbia on the actions it must take to fulfill the vision of a life free of violence for Aboriginal women and girls.
The Gap in the Gender Gap: Violence Against Women in Canada
This study finds that progress on ending violence against women in Canada is stalled by the absence of a coherent national policy and consistent information about the levels of that violence.