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Promising Young Woman: Some call it triggering, many find it empowering

Critics and activists debate the director Emerald Fennell's controversial revenge fantasy, which some have called a triggering trauma drama

Jan 19, 2021

Radheyan Simonpillai

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PM marks École Polytechnique massacre with pledge to follow through on assault weapons ban

The Liberals have banned some 1,500 models of assault-style firearms but those advocating a total ban says it doesn't go far enough

Dec 06, 2020

NOW Staff

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Silence leads to more violence in abusive relationships

It takes an average of seven attempts before a woman leaves her abuser for good – but once she leaves, her chances of being murdered increase nine-fold

Dec 21, 2019

Doreen Nicoll

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Doug Ford’s five bucks for violence against women

I was raising money for the Toronto Rape Crisis Centre after our funding got cut by the province leaving a paltry $1 million funding boost to be divided between 42 centres in Ontario, but he seemed skeptical

Apr 02, 2019

Hillary Di Menna

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What International Womens Day means to Toronto feminists

International Womens Day (Friday, March 8) can mean a variety of things for different women. For some, the day is.

Mar 08, 2019

Michelle da Silva

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Year In Review 2018: #MeToo marshals its collective strength

Powerful men continue to be called out for their bad behaviour by the global movement reborn a little over a year ago to expose sexual violence against women – we’ve only just seen the beginning

Dec 25, 2018

Michelle da Silva

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