Several Southern Ontario police forces have concluded a six-month investigation into prostitution and human trafficking. Thirty five johns, targeted when they answered online ads, have been charged with obtaining sexual services for consideration.…
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Jian Ghomeshi is trying to sneak back onto the media landscape with a new podcast: “In a 140-character environment, nuance is often a casualty. The Ideation Project is a creative adventure with…
British Columbia government updates provincial workplace regulations, bans mandatory high heels for female employees. Facebook announces new tools that they say will help women report and stop the spread of revenge porn…
In a legal first in England and Wales, convicted domestic abuser must tell police if he starts a relationship with another woman. The court order also permits police to disclose his history of violence…
Students at Oxford call for ban of Jenni Murray from the university’s literary festival after labelling her Sunday Times commentary “transphobic.” Rebecca Solnit, author of “Men Explain Things to Me” releases new…
More than a dozen companies have removed their ads from the The O’Reilly Factor after a New York Times investigation found five women had received payouts from either Bill O’Reilly or Fox…
Despite having been accused of sexual assault by 12 women in the past year, U.S. President Donald Trump has declared April to be National Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month. During this…
Council of Paris approves citywide ban of sexist and discriminatory advertisements. Jury in coroner’s inquest into the death of Nadine Machiskinic reverses finding that the 29-year-old Indigenous woman’s death was accidental, reveals…
Khalid Masood is yet another “lone wolf” attacker with a history of domestic violence: “The simplistic explanation here is that these men were all just bad ’uns and, given they had no…
Ontario MPP claims zero-tolerance policy on doctors who sexually abuse patients is too mean. Canadian Supreme Court may be looking at prostitution laws once again after the municipality of York wins the…
“Mandela would have supported us:” South African feminists fight to abolish the sex trade. Elle praised by male film critics in spite of its blatant and banal misogyny: “The film is described…
United Airlines banned two girls from boarding their flight because they were wearing leggings. Poor women and girls are being forced to sell their hair so that wealthy western women can have…
Consortium of white dudes discuss maternity leave. Notably absent: anyone who would be impacted by this decision. Not sure how to use a tampon? Ask a man! Women share their most irritating…
Nancy Pelosi: Republican’s changes to proposed health care bill would make “being a woman a pre-existing condition.” How must does sexual assault cost a woman? Mandi Gray did the math: “As for…
Liberal government commits more than $100 million over five years to create a national strategy to prevent “gender-based violence,” in light of Robyn Doolittle’s “Unfounded” report. A man whose victim killed herself…