A new three-year global research project will investigate how digital violence is experienced by women and girls living through conflict, displacement and refuge. TRACE (TRAcking and Countering technology-facilitated gender-based violence …
gender-based and sexual violence prevention
Expert insight: Criminalizing coercive control could further victimize women
Coercive control involves tactics of domination, isolation, manipulation, intimidation and fear
Expert insight: Cyberflashing is a serious form of gendered sexual violence
Online sexual harassment can lead to people feeling distressed, objectified and unsafe
Expert insight: How dating apps are impacting modern masculinity
Western anthropologist learned about male sexual vulnerability while ‘swiping into the dark heart of modern romance’
Western community honours National Day of Awareness for MMIWG2S+
Red Dress Day will be marked across Canada on May 5
Expert insight: Canadian schools need to better address digital sexual violence
Few provinces and territories’ curricula recognize that sexual violence can occur online
Study finds non-abusive ‘red flags’ that predict intimate partner violence
Western researchers map innocuous behaviours that might indicate future violence
Schools aren’t addressing online sexual violence adequately, Western research finds
New report outlines gaps in preparing young people to respond to tech-facilitated sexual harm
Expert insight: Sexism in the workplace undermines Asian women with foreign accents
Racialized women with non-native accents face many barriers in the Canadian workplace
First-in-Canada tool by Western-led team helps women experiencing partner violence
Western, UBC and UNB researchers launch evidence-based iHEAL app
‘A concern for everyone:’ Western lecture shows link between domestic, mass violence
Nova Scotia Mass Casualty Commission member will give keynote at the Peter Jaffe Lectures on Ending Domestic Violence
Western makes new commitments to address, prevent gender-based and sexual violence
Re-evaluating OWeek alongside student leaders, appointing special advisor among steps in response to committee report, independent review
Western takes steps to enhance safety on campus
Improved lighting, more patrols, more after-hours staffing among enhanced safety measures