by: Obert Madondo Many had hoped the Special Parliamentary Committee on Violence Against Indigenous Women would move Canada closer to addressing the perennial issue of more than 600 missing and…
by: Obert Madondo A student member of the University of Ottawa’s board of governors says the university’s response to recent report sexual violence against women is not enough. Anaïs Elboujdaini,…
Gerald Celente is right, as usual: he said, look at how the government handled the prohibition of alcohol – it was a disaster. They completely failed. All they managed to…
From the House of Saud on down there’s a lot of rot in Saudi Arabia. Here’s a new one – divorce. In Saudi Arabia, it’s not necessary for the husband…
One of the ways that many countries offer against harassment are female only cars on transit. While this option has proven to make women feel safer, there are a few…
George W. Bush spread ‘democracy’ in Afghanistan. Now Obama is spreading ‘democracy’ in Afghanistan. Some of that ‘democracy’ has spilled over into Pakistan. Violence has become norm in Afghanistan and…
Yesterday I was looking at the headlines from around the world. It looks there is violence and killings everywhere. What kind of world we live in? We are supposed to…
The recent visit by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights shows that violence against indigenous women in Canada demands inquiry, says Human Rights Watch. The post Canada: Violence Against Indigenous…
Before U.S tries to spread democracy in other parts of the world it must look inside their own society and how violent it has been; there seems no resolution in…
by: Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives | Press Release: OTTAWA, July 11, 2013 – Progress on ending violence against women in Canada is stalled by the absence of a coherent…
by: Canadian Women’s Foundation | Press Release: National Omnibus reveals that Canadians still blame women for being sexually assaulted TORONTO, July 9, 2013 – With summer in full swing, Canadians…
Perspectives like mine and others’ that alluded to the fact that killing elsewhere gets less attention than the Boston bombing got a lot of backlash. (I should say that it…
Gone but never forgotten: First Nations women murdered in alarming numbers and little is done about it By: Ryan Bromsgrove | Vue Weekly: “She was just getting her life on…
This week’s Friday Film Pick is a new 24-minute documentary produced by Motherboard and distributed by Vice Magazine, on 3D gun printing (video after jump). The film peaks into the…
Now, I never passed Anarchy 101 and have never painted a haphazard “A” within a circle in red paint. Ever. Never even thought about it. But I’m going to take…
Editor’s note: Art Threat has launched a cultural archaeological project that involves digging up previously published but now inaccessible film reviews and cultural musings from Montreal-based writer and teacher Matthew…
By Canadian Association of Sexual Assault Centres | Feb. 18, 2013: “This (Human Rights Watch) report confirms frontline evidence of sexist and racist violence endured by Aboriginal women. Frontline centers…
Ensure Accountability for Police Misconduct, Indigenous Women’s Safety By Human Rights Watch (Press Release)| Feb. 13, 2013: VANCOUVER – Comments by Prime Minister Stephen Harper and the Royal Canadian Mounted…
Liberal Opposition Day Motion compels Parliament to investigate missing and murdered Indigenous women By Liberal Party of Canada (Press Release)| Feb. 14, 2013: OTTAWA – Liberals will use a rare…
