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The Canadian Femicide Observatory for Justice and Accountability focuses on research, social & state responses to femicide, feminicide. (En, Fr) #CallItFemicide and visit us at www.femicideincanada.ca to find out more about this issue locally & globally.

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Centre for Human Rights Research, University of Manitoba @chrrumanitoba.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
The first episode of the podcast, Violence against Women Migrants and Refugees, is out now. In this episode, Dr. Pauline Tennent speaks with Dr. Lori Wilkinson & Dr. Evie Tastsoglou to introduce us to the GBV-MIG research program. Listen now at chrr.info/resource/gbv...
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CFOJA @cfoja.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Canada’s new open banking legislation could help women experiencing economic abuse theconversation.com/canadas-new-...
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Canada’s new open banking legislation could help women experiencing economic abuse
Policymakers should recognize open banking as part of Canada’s response to economic abuse and small business resilience, not only as a competition or financial sector reform.
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CFOJA @cfoja.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
The Epstein revelations have exposed how ‘Boy’s Club’ elites avoid accountability theconversation.com/the-epstein-...
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The Epstein revelations have exposed how ‘Boy’s Club’ elites avoid accountability
The Epstein case points beyond an individual scandal to a broader system of elites in which capital, insularity, and impunity underpin male domination.
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CFOJA @cfoja.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
‘Woman, Life, Freedom’ hasn’t faded in Iran — it’s being actively eliminated theconversation.com/woman-life-f...
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‘Woman, Life, Freedom’ hasn’t faded in Iran — it’s being actively eliminated
Iran faces a double erasure: violence imposed by a ‘necropolitical’ state and the revival of patriarchal alternatives that promise change while sidelining women.
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GBV-MIG Canada Research Program @gbv-mig-canada.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
🗞 Interesting article from UN Women: What it is like to survive female genital mutilation (FGM) Read here: www.unwomen.org/en/news-stor...
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What it is like to survive female genital mutilation (FGM) | UN Women – Headquarters
Learn what life after FGM looks like and why legal bans on the practice alone are not delivering justice for women and girls.
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CFOJA @cfoja.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
What’s in a label? Rethinking how we talk about gender-based violence theconversation.com/whats-in-a-l...
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What’s in a label? Rethinking how we talk about gender-based violence
Language about violence isn’t descriptive, it’s flawed and political. Each label can empower, stigmatize or shape expectations of healing.
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Julie S. Lalonde @julieslalonde.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
I'm so moved by tootruecrime.com (Created by @cfoja.bsky.social) At least 580 confirmed femicides in Canada since 2020 & this project highlights them all. An episode each. It's a staggering number of episodes because we have a staggering number of women and girls who've been stolen from us.
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Too True Crime
The Too True Crime podcast documents over 580 women killed by femicide in Canada since 2020. Explore an episode for every life lost to gender-related violence.
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Maria Dobrinskaya @mdobrinskaya.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
“Women and girls continue to be killed every two days somewhere in Canada, mostly by men. And the numbers continue to rise.” #femicide
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CFOJA @cfoja.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
Why Canada needs to recognize the crime of #femicide — on Dec. 6 and beyond theconversation.com/why-canada-n...? #CallItFemicide
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Why Canada needs to recognize the crime of femicide — on Dec. 6 and beyond
More than 1,100 Canadian women and girls have been killed by men since 2018. So why is the federal government dragging its heels in adding femicide to the Criminal Code?
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CFOJA @cfoja.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
Women in Argentina Face Rising Violence www.hrw.org/news/2025/12...
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Women in Argentina Face Rising Violence
Argentina is experiencing increasing gender-based violence. But newly elected legislators taking office on December 10 have an opportunity to strengthen protections and violence prevention measures.
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Julie S. Lalonde @julieslalonde.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
There have been 580 femicides in Canada since 2020. @cfoja.bsky.social has created a podcast with an episode for each woman and girl. Their lives matter. Their deaths were preventable.
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Too True Crime
The Too True Crime podcast documents over 580 women killed by femicide in Canada since 2020. Explore an episode for every life lost to gender-related violence.
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CFOJA @cfoja.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
All of us must stop using the umbrella term 'gender-based violence' and call it what it is - #femicide. #CallitFemicide - the sex/gender-related killings of women and girls. Why BC Cities Can't Afford to Ignore Domestic Violence via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
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Why BC Cities Can’t Afford to Ignore Domestic Violence | The Tyee
These are not fringe issues. Municipalities must step up.
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CFOJA @cfoja.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
From #Kenya: Grief to Action: The Growing Call to Stop #Femicide youtu.be/n7lNynVt_Oc?... via @YouTube #CallItFemicide
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Grief to Action: The Growing Call to Stop Femicide
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CFOJA @cfoja.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
‘She stood up to men with machetes’: Sandra Domínguez fought against femicide in Mexico – then became a victim herself theguardian.com/global-devel... #CallItFemicide
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‘She stood up to men with machetes’: Sandra Domínguez fought against femicide in Mexico – then became a victim herself
Her disappearance shocked a country where such cases are all too common. Now Domínguez’s family are fighting to stop yet another woman’s death being written off as ‘collateral damage’
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CFOJA @cfoja.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
#Femicide is out of control and has been since the beginning of the pandemic. #CallItFemicide ‘Getting out of control,’ vigil held in B.C. to remember women who died halifax.citynews.ca/2025/07/31/g...
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'Getting out of control,' vigil held in B.C. to remember women who died
VANCOUVER — A small group gathered outside Vancouver’s art gallery Thursday to remember several women who died recently in B.C. and call for changes within the justice system to prevent more such deat...
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CFOJA @cfoja.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
103 marathons for 103 lives: One woman’s mission to honour Australia’s #femicide victims womensagenda.com.au/latest/103-m... #CallItFemicide
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103 marathons for 103 lives: One woman’s mission to honour Australia’s femicide victims
Natalie Djuric Jones plans to run 103 marathons in 103 days to remember the 103 women who were murdered in Australia last year.
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CFOJA @cfoja.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
Thank you to @VanRapeRelief for their ongoing work to draw attention to #femicide. #CallItFemicide 'No more femicide': Surrey women remembered at vigil in Vancouver peacearchnews.com/local-news/n... via @PeaceArchNews
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'No more femicide': Surrey women remembered at vigil in Vancouver
Vancouver Rape Relief held rally to highlight five women killed by men in B.C. since June 30
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CFOJA @cfoja.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
Just to recap: He stabbed Brigitte Serre, a 17 year old girl, 72 times. #CallItFemicide Family outraged as Montreal woman’s killer can leave prison 5 days a week globalnews.ca/news/1131212...
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Family outraged as Montreal woman’s killer can leave prison 5 days a week | Globalnews.ca
Brigitte Serre’s killer is gaining more freedom nearly 20 years after her brutal murder, leaving her family angry and demanding answers to how this can happen.
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CFOJA @cfoja.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
We join our colleagues on joint statement led by @criaw-icref.bsky.social at: criaw-icref.ca/statements/s.... @MarkJCarney asks departments to find 15% in cuts yet 80% of WAGE budget is on chopping block. Where is the gender-based analysis? Is this how #Canada leads?
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Statement on WAGE's Budget - CRIAW
Dear Prime Minister: Gender Equality is not Optional Ottawa, ON – Globally, women’s rights and gender equality are under attack from regressive movements and governments alike. Here in Canada, for the...
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CFOJA @cfoja.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
Death Investigation Deemed Homicide of adult female victim www.reginapolice.ca/2025/07/28/d...
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Death Investigation Deemed Homicide
A death investigation that began on July 25, 2025, has resulted in homicide charges. At approximately 3:57 p.m. on Friday, July 25, 2025, police were called to a residence in the 1500 block of Came…
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CFOJA @cfoja.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
This man should never again see light of day! And it's still not justice for these women. #CallItFemicide b/c these are textbook examples of women being killed b/c of their sex or gender. Twice-convicted man handed life sentence in stabbing death of woman globalnews.ca/news/11308182/
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Twice-convicted Calgary man handed life sentence in stabbing death of woman | Globalnews.ca
51-year-old Christopher Dunlop will spend the rest of his life in prison after being sentenced for first degree murder less than a year after finishing a sentence for manslaughter.
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CFOJA @cfoja.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
And it's about time. N.B. invests in assisting survivors of intimate partner violence www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Province gives $9.2 million to groups trying to prevent gender-based violence | CBC News
Groups like the Courage Centre and Crossroads for Women say the funding will mean they can spend less time worrying about fundraising, and more time helping women.
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CFOJA @cfoja.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
“We’d never been closer" -- Waterford man charged with second-degree murder in his 90-year-old grandma's death testifies. He has pleaded not guilty. www.brantfordexpositor.ca/news/local-n...
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'We'd never been closer,' testifies man charged with murder of his grandmother in their Waterford home
'We'd never been closer,' said man charged with murder of his grandmother in their Waterford home
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CFOJA @cfoja.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
How many of these minors are male? Murder charges against minors in Quebec has almost tripled: report montreal.citynews.ca/2025/07/28/m...
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Murder charges against minors in Quebec has almost tripled: report
The number of minors accused of murder has almost tripled in two years in Quebec, which has led the Director of Criminal and Penal Prosecutions (DPCP) to create a specialized team to manage these dist...
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CFOJA @cfoja.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
A Choiceless Choice: How US Aid Cuts and Rising Violence Are Trapping Women and Girls in Honduras womensrefugeecommission.org/blog/a-choic...?
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A Choiceless Choice
US aid cuts and rising violence are trapping women and girls in Honduras.
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CFOJA @cfoja.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
#Italy joins the list of countries officially to #CallItFemicide. #Canada: Nada. Senate unanimously approves femicide bill www.ansa.it/english/news...
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Senate unanimously approves femicide bill - TopNews - Ansa.it
The Senate on Wednesday unanimously approved a bill on the crime of femicide with 161 votes in favour and none against. (ANSA)
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CFOJA @cfoja.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
'Relentless obsession"? Also referred to as male entitlement even when women say no - over & over. #CallItFemicide to recognize this fact @SeanFraserMP @rechievaldez @MarkJCarney A 'relentless obsession': Family of man accused of domestic murder tried to keep her safe www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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A 'relentless obsession': Family of man accused of domestic murder tried to keep woman safe | CBC News
A Calgary man accused of gunning down his ex-girlfriend had a "relentless obsession" with her, according to his family members, who suspect him of planting a GPS tracking device on the young woman's c...
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CFOJA @cfoja.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
And #CallItFemicide @SeanFraserMP @rechievaldez @MarkJCarney Family of mother killed in Kelowna, B.C., calls for changes to justice system in letter to PM www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Family of mother killed in Kelowna, B.C., calls for changes to justice system in letter to PM | CBC News
Premier David Eby has given a letter to Prime Minister Mark Carney from the family of Bailey McCourt, who was killed earlier this month in Kelowna, calling for changes to how the federal government ha...
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CFOJA @cfoja.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
And she remains invisible, why? #SheHasAName. Use it! Richmond, B.C. man charged with 2nd-degree murder of intimate partner #CallItFemicide www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Richmond man charged with 2nd-degree murder of partner a sign of 'public safety emergency': advocate | CBC News
Another B.C. man has been charged with killing his partner in what an advocate calls a tragic example of the escalating crisis of gender-based violence in B.C.
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CFOJA @cfoja.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
To understand what 'femi-genoicide', please see Chapter 31 in The Routledge International Handbook of #Femicide & #Feminicide at buff.ly/45vPjLw. Gaza: UN expert denounces genocidal violence against women and girls www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
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CFOJA @cfoja.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
#CallItFemicide Calls for ‘femicide’ to be declared distinct crime in wake of Kelowna mother’s tragic death www.msn.com/en-ca/news/w...
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CFOJA @cfoja.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
From #Nigeria: Foundation rescues 216 survivors as founder sounds global alarm on rising #femicide vanguardngr.com/2025/07/foun... #CallItFemicide
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Foundation rescues 216 survivors as founder sounds global alarm on rising femicide
By Esther Onyegbula As femicide rates surge globally, the DOHS Cares Foundation has announced the rescue of 216 survivors of abuse in Nigeria over the past 18 months, highlighting the escalating crisi...
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CFOJA @cfoja.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
Montreal girl, 9, allegedly killed by father was drowned, initial autopsy finds #CallItFemicide www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Montreal girl allegedly killed by father was drowned, initial autopsy finds | CBC News
Residents of Ticonderoga, N.Y., the town where Melina Frattolin's body was found, joined together in prayer at a vigil Tuesday night. It comes as the preliminary findings of the autopsy, released earl...
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CFOJA @cfoja.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
A 5-year-old girl, 8 women and 2 men were killed in the alleged car-ramming attack. 3 more murder charges laid against suspect in Lapu-Lapu Day Vancouver festival tragedy www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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3 more murder charges laid against suspect in Lapu-Lapu Day Vancouver festival tragedy | CBC News
Kai-Ji Adam Lo, 30, the suspect in an alleged Vancouver car-ramming attack, is facing three additional counts of second-degree murder, according to police.
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CFOJA @cfoja.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
Yes, #CallItFemicide Official media acknowledges a #feminicide in Cuba by name for the first time en.cibercuba.com/noticias/202...
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Official media acknowledges a femicide in Cuba by name for the first time
The recognition of the term is not free. Social pressure, independent activism, and a free press compelled the regime to acknowledge a crisis of gender-based violence in Cuba.
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CFOJA @cfoja.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
AI Undresses Women And Girls ‘For Fun,’ Makes 36 Million In Profit by @LindaCaroll medium.com/history-of-w...
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AI Undresses Women And Girls “For Fun,” Makes 36 Million In Profit
Nudify websites make a killing but women lose their jobs if they have an OnlyFans account to make ends meet
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CFOJA @cfoja.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
Only Five Years Left: Feminists Raising the Red Alarm and Demanding Justice and Reparations Now apwld.org/only-five-ye...
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Only Five Years Left: Feminists Raising the Red Alarm and Demanding Justice and Reparations Now
Only Five Years Left: Feminists Raising the Red Alarm and Demanding Justice and Reparations Now New York, USA  21 July 2025 As governments meet in New York for the High Level Political Forum 2025, fem...
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CFOJA @cfoja.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
Taliban Detain Dozens Of Young Women In Western Kabul Amid Renewed Crackdown www.afintl.com/en/202507198...
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Taliban Detain Dozens Of Young Women In Western Kabul Amid Renewed Crackdown
Taliban authorities have detained dozens of young women in western Kabul, marking a renewed wave of arrests targeting women in the Afghan capital.
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Heather Mallick @hmallick.bsky.social · 20/07/2025
Great Toronto Star reporting from this year on what happened to another murderer, a 12-year-old boy who stabbed his girl cousin to death for no apparent reason. Pretty much nothing happened to the boy, now 14. And now we have another alleged killer, 14. Astonishing. www.thestar.com/news/gta/it-...
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‘It will never make sense’: The story of Toronto’s youngest-ever murderer, aged 12
There was no serious mental illness and no behavioural problems, no fighting, no history of violence in the family — nothing to forewarn why this young Toronto boy would suddenly
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CFOJA @cfoja.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
Woman dead, man arrested in Richmond, B.C., homicide: RCMP #CallItFemicide www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...
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Woman dead, man arrested in Richmond, B.C., homicide: RCMP
A woman is dead and a man has been arrested after a homicide in Richmond Friday morning, according to local Mounties.
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CFOJA @cfoja.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
This is why we have to examine the training provided for #DV to #police. No grounds to charge officer in death of woman found in Thunder Bay home: SIU www.chch.com/chch-news/no...
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No grounds to charge officer in death of woman found in Thunder Bay home: SIU
Ontario’s police watchdog says it found no grounds to lay a criminal charge against a Thunder Bay officer who approved the cancellation of a domestic disturbance call hours before a woman was found de...
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CFOJA @cfoja.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
Because #society continues to frame these cases about #love. That's why.. It is not #love. It is #control. It is #Femicide. #CallItFemicide When love turns deadly: Why do we keep failing victims of Intimate Partner Violence www.vernonmorningstar.com/opinion/when...
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When love turns deadly: Why do we keep failing victims of Intimate Partner Violence
The Turner Files by Wilbur Turner
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CFOJA @cfoja.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
Brantford man accused of violent sex assault charged with attempted murder www.ctvnews.ca/kitchener/ar...
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Brantford man accused of violent sex assault charged with attempted murder
A 28-year-old man has been charged with attempted murder for a violent sex assault in Brantford, and it’s believed there may be more victims who have yet to report similar incidents to police.
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CFOJA @cfoja.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
“...every time we use the word #femicide, that itself is an act of resistance.” Join us in an act of resistance. #CallItFemicide for Julia Brady. 'Take care of my baby': Heartfelt ceremony marks anniversary of Midland woman's murder www.orilliamatters.com/local-news/t...
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'Take care of my baby': Heartfelt ceremony marks anniversary of Midland woman's murder
'We can't just call women who are murdered for the sake of being women another homicide,' local official says at emotional unveiling of purple bench
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CFOJA @cfoja.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
Woman charged with first-degree murder in death of sister, Cathy Prosje, Smithville; male co-accused also charged. www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/arti...
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Woman charged with first-degree murder in death of sister in Smithville
A woman is now facing a first-degree murder charge in the death of her 62-year-old sister in Smithville, Ont., last year.
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CFOJA @cfoja.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
She thought she was safe here': Ghanaian woman killed in Hamilton shooting remembered as honest and kind RIP Belinda Sarkodie, 26. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Family, girlfriend say 26-year-old Ghanaian woman killed in Hamilton shooting was honest and kind | CBC News
Belinda Sarkodie left Ghana in 2024 to seek refuge in Canada. On Friday, she was killed in Hamilton while she was with a friend and they were waiting for a bus. Police say she was an "innocent bystand...
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CFOJA @cfoja.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
No, @CBCNews, he did not kill a baseball bat. He killed a woman, Caroline Bernard, not an inanimate object. Be better. Do better. #CallItFemicide Baseball-bat killer who successfully challenged murder parole provision in B.C. court gets life www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Baseball-bat killer who successfully challenged murder parole provision in B.C. court gets life | CBC News
The B.C. Supreme Court has sentenced a man to life in prison with no parole for 25 years for beating his ex-girlfriend to death with a baseball bat as she slept beside her young daughter in 2021.
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CFOJA @cfoja.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
From #Brazil: Midday Walk reinforces state legislation to combat #femicide folhadolitoral.com.br/en/editorias...
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Midday Walk reinforces state legislation to combat femicide
The event is part of the official calendar of Paraná, as provided for in the law approved by the Legislative Assembly and included in the Paraná Women's Code
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CFOJA @cfoja.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
From Turkey: We Will Stop Femicides Platform, 2025 Report for First 6 Months kadincinayetlerinidurduracagiz.net/veriler/3146...
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We Will Stop Femicides Platform, 2025 Report for First 6 Months
In the first 6 months of 2025, 136 women were killed by men, and 145 women were found suspiciously dead.
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CFOJA @cfoja.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
Yes, as we've been saying all along. See Section II ar: femicideincanada.ca/callitfemicide. Canada can learn from experiences of countries that have implemented a stand-alone offence of femicide. What’s in a name? Including femicide in the Criminal Code www.law360.ca/ca/criminal/...
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What’s in a name? Including femicide in the Criminal Code - Law360 Canada
Recently, federal Justice Minister Sean Fraser indicated he would be “open” to including the term “femicide” in the Criminal Code, possibly as part of a number of reforms he expects to present to Parl...
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