Tag: Femicide
Longtime advocate decries woman’s death in femicide case
Less than two weeks after the federal government announced new legislation to combat the killing of females, London police have ruled the city’s latest homicide a femicide. Emergency crews called early Friday to an apartment building at 297 Westminster Ave., northeast of Wellington and Commissioners roads, took a woman to hospital where she was pronounced […]
Names of women killed in massacre read aloud at Owen Sound vigil
“It’s a stark reminder of how far we have to go.”
New figures shed light on spike in intimate-partner violence in London
The 16th annual Shine the Light on Woman Abuse campaign, run by the London Abused Women’s Centre, launched Oct. 27.
London organizations unite to revive Take Back The Night march
Take Back The Night is believed to be the oldest worldwide movement to end sexual assault, rape, abuse, harassment and human trafficking.
Police chief met with hate-crime researcher who reported racist attack in London
Londonâs police chief recently travelled to Ottawa to meet with a hate-crime researcher who accused police of mishandling her complaint about being targeted in an alleged racist attack while attending the sentencing of Nathaniel Veltman earlier this year.