Canadian feminist lawyer and women’s advocate
Balancing privacy rights with the safety of women who have been subjected to gender-based violence has always been a challenge. How much information about an abuser should a survivor and those who are supporting her be able to have? How Continue reading Privacy vs safety
A new piece of technology – Safe with Milli – is being piloted in parts of Canada, including eastern Ontario, as well as in Australia. It’s touted as a way to keep survivors of intimate partner and gender-based violence safe Continue reading Survivor safety
On the first day of the CKW inquest, Malcolm Warmerdam, the son of one of the three women whose murders were under review, urged the jury not to think of the man who had killed his mother as a monster. Continue reading The circle is broken
As I wrote here in February, the House of Commons is considering whether or not to criminalize coercively controlling behaviours. Coercive control is an umbrella term that describes a pattern of behaviours – including psychological, financial and other forms of Continue reading To criminalize or not (part 2)