by BSCC | Apr 9, 2021 | Advocacy, Project
Criminalization of Women A disproportionate number of women and gender diverse people who were reporting violence against them, found themselves facing criminal charges. The Criminalization of Women Project seeks to reverse this trend. The Criminalization of Women...
by BSCC | Jun 9, 2015 | News
Deepa Mattoo, The 3rd Annual Spirit Of Barbra Schlifer Award Winner, And Farrah Khan, Schlifer Clinic Counsellor and Advocate, spoke with Catherine Porter of the Toronto Star about their innovative work on forced marriage and why criminalizing forced marriage as a...
by BSCC | Aug 15, 2014 | News
By: Caroline Andrew Published on: August 14, 2014 On Aug. 15, 1984, Brian Mulroney, Ed Broadbent and John Turner sat down together at the Royal York Hotel in Toronto to tell Canadians how their policies would impact women’s lives. As the chair of the political science...
by BSCC | Jul 29, 2014 | News
The Schlifer Clinic is disappointed by the recent decision to drop sexual assault charges against the accused in the N.S. case, in which a woman reported she was sexually molested by her uncle and cousin as a child and has spent six years fighting for her right to...
by BSCC | May 30, 2014 | News
May 29, 2014 Right Honourable Stephen Harper Prime Minister House of Commons Ottawa, ON K1A 0A6 Dear Mr. Prime Minister: As a community of organizations working to end violence against women and girls locally and globally we offer our support and show solidarity with...
