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Representatives of school and student associations at École Polytechnique lay flowers on Dec. 6, 2024, at a memorial for the victims of the 1989 mass shooting. Saturday marks the 36th anniversary of the shooting. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christinne Muschi

Why Canada needs to recognize the crime of femicide — on Dec. 6 and beyond

More than 1,100 Canadian women and girls have been killed by men since 2018. So why is the federal government dragging its heels in adding femicide to the Criminal Code?
A Sudanese woman rests while fleeing the ongoing conflict between Sudan’s army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), in North Darfur, in April 2025. EPA/MARWAN MOHAMED

‘I have to talk about it so that the world can know what happened to women and girls in Sudan’ – rape and terror sparks mass migration

Hundreds of returnees and forced migrants reported being terrorised by soldiers and armed militias on both sides of the Sudan civil war.
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to reporters on Air Force One on his way to his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Fla., on Nov. 14, 2025. He called a Bloomberg reporter a ‘piggy’ when she asked a question during this exchange about the Epstein files. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

‘Quiet, piggy’ and other slurs: Powerful men fuel online abuse against women in politics and media

Gender-based violence in politics has democratic costs, diminishing diverse voices and expertise in public office.
A community support event takes place outside Hagey Hall, University of Waterloo the day after a man attacked students and teachers in a gender studies class on June 28, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nicole Osborne

I analyzed more than 100 extremist manifestos: Misogyny was the common thread

Gender identity–driven violence is the most common ideological theme across ‘lone-actor’ extremist manifestos in a recent study.
In Secrets We Keep, the hidden world of domestic work and abuse is exposed. Here Excel Busano who plays Angel, Cecilia’s au pair and Ruby’s best friend in Denmark speaks with her community on the phone. Tine Harden/Netflix

Netflix drama Secrets We Keep exposes the dangers of domestic migrant work

Secrets We Keep, a Danish suspense drama about the disappearance of a Filipina au pair from an elite suburb, delivers a sharp social commentary on racial and class entitlements.
Protestors raising awareness for sexual assault survivors protest outside the courthouse in London, Ont., May 2, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Geoff Robins

If we don’t teach youth about sexual assault and consent, popular media will

Although there is a strong rationale for using popular media to confront sexual assault, many teachers identify and experience barriers to doing so in their classrooms.
A worker stitches a garment at a factory run by the Bangladesh-based Urmi Group in Narayanganj, Bangladesh in April 2025. (AP Photo/Mahmud Hossain Opu)

Worker‑led programs are tackling gender‑based violence in supply chains, but they’re at risk

An innovative new strategy to address gender-based violence and harassment is showing promising early signs of effectiveness, but these gains are being undermined by ‘America First’ policies.
People displaced by the fighting between M23 and government soldiers prepare to leave their camp following an instruction by the armed group in Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo on Feb. 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa)

Fighting in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo is worsening gender‑based violence against women

As violence continues to displace people in the eastern DRC, women face a heightened risk of sexual and gender-based violence.

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