Women’s Waves - A podcast by Vancouver Rape Relief

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 th...

13 Sep 202059min

How do women keep themselves safe? What happens when women use their power in an active way and not as passive beauty ornaments? On this episode, we invite you inside our free feminist self defence wo...

29 Juni 202018min

Dominique Christina is an award-winning poet, author, educator, and activist. She holds poetry slam titles including US National Poetry Slam Champion and Women of the World Slam Champion. Her work is ...

11 Juni 202035min

In Canada, as in many other parts in the world, women first operated rape crisis centres and transition houses in the mid 70's as part of the second wave of the feminist movement. The collective of Va...

12 Maj 202049min

In this interview, "black, lesbian, womanist, feminist, poet and survivor" e nina jay tells us how working at a rape crisis center brought her to poetry, how she survives rape and incest, why women-on...

29 Mars 202035min

This is part 2 of a two part series on reproductive rights. In this episode we speak with Carol Downer, the woman responsible for leading the reproductive self-help movement in the 1970s.

12 Jan 202051min

Feminists understand that at the root, having control over our own bodies is an important step in working towards the full liberation of women. We reached out to some of the bold women who are fightin...

1 Nov 201931min

All around the world, feminist abolitionists are committed to put an end to prostitution. At the 3rd World Congress Against the Sexual Exploitation of Women and Girls in Germany last April, we asked w...

28 Maj 201927min