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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Local artists will perform to support survivors of sexual assault this weekend
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 16, 2018 Local artists will perform to support survivors of sexual assault this weekend Halifax | On Saturday, April 21, local singer-songwriters are coming together to take a stand against sexual assault and fundraise for Halifax’s Avalon Sexual Assault Centre. Together Our Voices Are Powerful will be a night of songs and a way [...]
Avalon: A Resource for Military Members and Veterans
Avalon: A Resource for Military Members and Veterans Military sexual violence is a global problem, and Canada is no exception. In 2016, a Statistics Canada survey found that women experience sexual assault at higher rates than military men, and both women and men in the military experience higher rates of sexual assault than civilians. Close to one in three [...]
International Women’s Day 2018
International Women’s Day Honouring the Courage and Activism of Sexual Assault and Abuse Survivors and Advocates International Women’s Day came out of the activism and mobilization of women workers fighting to improve women’s rights and to create safety and autonomy for all women. Today Avalon Centre celebrates the continuation of this movement and how survivors of sexualized violence and abuse [...]
LEAF and Avalon Offer a Feminist Analysis of the Court of Appeal’s Decision in R. V. Al-Rawi
For Immediate Release January 31, 2018 Today, the Nova Scotia Court of Appeal released its decision in the Crown’s appeal of the acquittal of Bassam Al-Rawi on a charge of sexually assaulting a female passenger in his taxi. The Court of Appeal has allowed the Crown’s appeal, quashed the acquittal, and ordered a new trial. The Women’s Legal Education and [...]