15 episodes

Vancouver Rape Relief and Women’s Shelter is committed to advocating for women’s equality. Our centre works as an active force dedicated to challenge the social attitudes, laws and institutional procedures that perpetuate male violence against women and children.

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

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Vancouver Rape Relief and Women’s Shelter is committed to advocating for women’s equality. Our centre works as an active force dedicated to challenge the social attitudes, laws and institutional procedures that perpetuate male violence against women and children.

    Guaranteed Livable Income : BC Women’s Alliance in Conversation with Evelyn Forget & Hannah Owczar

    Guaranteed Livable Income : BC Women’s Alliance in Conversation with Evelyn Forget & Hannah Owczar

    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

    • 38 min
    Pornography Harms Women - Part 2

    Pornography Harms Women - Part 2

    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.

    • 14 min
    Pornography Harms Women - Part 1

    Pornography Harms Women - Part 1

    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.

    • 37 min
    Lesbian Visibility

    Lesbian Visibility

    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.

    • 37 min
    Poetry Reading by Chrystos

    Poetry Reading by Chrystos

    Poetry reading by the indigenous lesbian feminist poet Chrystos.Recorded on Dec 5th 2020, as part of our annual Montreal Massacre Memorial.

    • 52 min
    The Impact of COVID-19 on Women

    The Impact of COVID-19 on Women

    COVID-19 did not create the struggles women are currently facing, but highlighted and exasperated their existing struggles. On this episode, 3 feminists groups share the barriers women faced during the pandemic, from the perspective of women in prison, women working in the domestic and caregiving field, as well as women escaping male violence.This episode features:- Julie Diesta and Lotis Caluza from the Vancouver Committee for Domestic Workers' and Caregivers' Rights- Alia Perini and Candice Pilgrim from Strength in Sisterhood (Advocates for incarcerated women)- Sonam Khangura and Hilla Kerner from Vancouver Rape Relief and Women's Shelter
    This episode is produced in Vancouver, Canada, by Vancouver Rape Relief and Women's Shelter

    • 59 min

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Conversation with Dominique Christina

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