Rights of Women and Girls

We can help survivors of violence access justice

Patricia Wilson, Victim Advocate | November 27, 2019
Posted in Rights of Women and Girls

I work every day to support survivors of gender-based violence. As an Advocate in Toronto’s domestic violence court, I prepare survivors to actively participate in our legal system, thereby increasing their access to Justice.

Canada, when are we going to push back for girls?

Heather Shapter, Executive Director | October 3, 2019
Posted in Rights of Women and Girls

In 2016 a landmark case won by 2018 UN Human Rights Prize Recipient Rebeca Gyumi raised the legal age of marriage to 18. In July, the government appealed the decision. If successful, child marriage will be legal once again.

Voter apathy threatens women’s rights

Christine Campbell, National Director External Relations | August 30, 2019
Posted in Rights of Women and Girls

There is a gap between a woman’s right to vote and the decision to exercise this right. The next elections is the opportunity to seize this right because we have a responsibility to those without it.

Call it Femicide

Christine Campbell, National Director External Relations | March 4, 2019
Posted in Rights of Women and Girls

When I saw the late-night amber alert I got a lump in my throat. The next morning brought the heartbreaking news. Riya Rajkumaran, an 11-year-old Brampton, Ontario girl, was dead, murdered, as we later learned, by her father.