Women's Waves - A podcast by Vancouver Rape Relief Unknown

In this episode we touch on the UN Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women position paper on the definition of “women”, discuss how men prey on women’s economic vulnerability and the federal bills for Guaranteed Livable Basic Income, review the documentary Hidden Letters and listen to Nehanda’s song "I am a Woman".

In this episode we discuss femicide cases in Canada and in Brazil, review the Women’s Equality Coalition submission on prostitution to the UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls and listen to Jax’s pop song Victoria’s secret.

For International Women's Day 2022, we hand the mic to our sisters at the BC Women's Alliance, a coalition of women calling for a guaranteed livable income in Canada.
Here is their interview with Evelyn Forget and Hannah Owczar, authors of the new book Radical Trust : Basic Income for Complicated Lives.
http://bcwomensalliance.ca/index.html

Part 2 of our two part series called "Pornography Harms Women"
Interview with Izabella Forzani from the Brazilian group Recuse A Clicar, which stands for "Refuse to Click" in English. The group does public education around the impact of pornography on women and is calling for men and women to stop watching pornography.
Women's Waves is produced in Vancouver (Canada) by Vancouver Rape Relief and Women's Shelter.

Part 1 of our two part series called "Pornography Harms Women"
Working on the frontlines has informed us on how women are impacted by pornography. Our collective member Sophia Hladik shares Vancouver Rape Relief's demands with regards to MindGeek, and revenge porn, before her interview with Meghan Donevan from the Sweden based organization Talita, who supports women exiting the porn industry.
Women's Waves is produced in Vancouver, Canada, by Vancouver Rape Relief and Women's Shelter.

April 26th 2021 is Lesbian Visibility Day. For the occasion, we interviewed Liane Timmermann from Get the L Out UK and Natalie Wlock from the Vancouver Lesbian Collective. The episode ends with a poem by lesbian feminist poet Chrystos.