In many parts of the world, being female is seen as a burden, a curse, or a reason for abuse. It is hard to relate to the lives led by millions of women the world over. I have access to education, health-care, and a say in my future….

The Canadian Labour Congress is asking Canadians to send 20 postcards in 20 days to the prime minister telling him to take action now to end violence against women.

“On December 6th it will be 20 years since 14 young women were murdered in Montreal simply because they were women,” says Barbara Byers, Executive Vice-President of the Canadian Labour Congress. “Ironically, as this anniversary approaches, our government is trying to eradicate the firearms registry, the one concrete measure taken to reduce gun violence against women.”

When I began my career in law enforcement, I had no idea that one day I would become a specialist in the area of family violence. It all started in the fall of 1984, when I graduated from the Atlantic Police Academy at Holland College in Charlottetown with a Corrections Diploma, and started working in [...]

I was raped. It was no urban legend. No deranged stranger jumped out of a dark alley to attack me on my way home from bible study. I was raped, as most survivors are, by someone who I knew—a boy who had been my friend for several years and who I had recently been [...]