Canadian feminist lawyer and women’s advocate
In 2014, Legal Aid Ontario (LAO) introduced mandatory domestic violence awareness training for its staff. Since its implementation, more than 1,200 LAO staff and 800 lawyers have participated. This successful program can and should serve as a model for violence Continue reading Legal Aid Ontario Domestic Violence Training: A VAW best practice model
Ontario’s Liberal government took another step in its work to address violence against women with the announcement of a Gender Based Violence Strategy on March 1. A week before International Women’s Day and just over three months before the next Continue reading Ontario’s new Gender Based Violence Strategy
Ontario’s Domestic Violence Death Review Committee’s annual reports tell us year after year that pending or recent separation are the times when a victim of family violence is at greatest risk of being killed by her partner. Research conducted by Continue reading Intimate partner stalking: when leaving isn’t really leaving
When my sisters and I were kids, my mother did not let us have Barbie dolls. Not a feminist by any stretch, she still understood that the images of women’s bodies presented by Barbie dolls were neither healthy nor realistic. Continue reading Barbie, Bratz and cosmetic gynaecology