The Conversation, Lucia O’Sullivan, November 14, 2018
Nowhere to Turn
CBC: Advocate encourages adoption of ‘Philadelphia Model’ to address sexual violence (May 29, 2018, Latimer)
NS Advocate: Number of Unfounded SAs in NS
Globe & Mail Expose – Police Dismiss 1 in 5 Sexual Assault Claims as Baseless
Workplace Sexual Harassment – An Epidemic in Canada
Tackling teen sexual harrassment
The Problem With Consent: Sexual Assault Cases and Intoxication
Why stories of LGBTQ sexual assault are underreported
'Our Story of Rape and Reconciliation'
The 'Don't Be That Guy' Campaign
"We hope to teach bystanders some simple ways to express that degrading, abusive and violent attitudes and behaviours directed towards women aren't acceptable and won't be tolerated," Spicer says.
HRP worked with the Avalon Centre to bring the campaign to Halifax. Avalon's executive director Irene Smith says the centre is proud that police are trying to change the dialogue around sexualized violence "from being the responsibility of victims to being the responsibility of the perpetrator."
But while the campaign may be a step forward, Smith disagrees with HRP's assertion that changing women's behaviour can help them "avoid" sexual assault.
From Cop to Survivor
Cary Ryan is a survivor of domestic abuse and a former cop who says she was harassed in the workplace because of her mental illness. Now, she studies how cops respond to domestic violence.
Almost one-third of Canadian adults have experienced child abuse
Almost one-third of adults in Canada have experienced child abuse — physical abuse, sexual abuse or exposure to intimate partner (parents, step-parents or guardians) violence in their home. As well, child abuse is linked to mental disorders and suicidal ideation (thoughts) or suicide attempts, research shows.
Male Violence: "A pandemic in its own right"
Addressing domestic violence also means addressing male violence and male entitlement - at the root of inequality and so many incidents of societal violence, including mass shootings.
Human Rights Tribunals as Alternative to Criminal Justice System for Cases of Sexual Assault Globe & Mail, April 2018
NS Hires Two Special Prosecutors for SA Cases
Opinion: Why was the Non-State Torture Law dropped?
Article: No One Shall be Subjected to Torture by Non-State Actors
Emma Watson to the U.N.: men need equality too
“Emma Watson has definitely left Hermione Granger back with Harry Potter and Hogwarts, her rousing speech to the UN about her feminism also mentioned that men need equality too, not just women. The 24 year-old actress spoke to the United Nations at the HeforShe campaign at the New York UN Headquarters giving an in depth and passionate speech about what it means to be female not just in England but anywhere in the world…”