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How does victim-blaming impact policy, professionals and women?

January 31, 2012
| Victim-blaming is very prevalent in our culture. These messages are reinforced by media, institutions, the law and individuals. How does it happen? What are the impacts?

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SlutWalk lands in Tegucigalpa

Honduran capital's "Marcha de las Putas" is the latest site for the international movement against blaming victims for sexual violence. The Honduran capital of Tegucigalpa is the latest in roughly 80 cities internationally to hold a SlutWalk. Marchers in Honduras came out for a variety of reasons including: bringing an end to street harassment, demanding an end to the rising rate of murdered women in the country, reproductive rights in a country where the morning after pill is banned and abortion carries a 3- to 6-year prison sentence.

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Homeless man frustrated in efforts to obtain shelter incident report

By John Bonnar
| July 22, 2009

 

Brian DuBourdieu still can’t walk properly. He hobbles around with a brace to support two suspected torn ligaments and damaged cartilage in his left knee, as a result of an alleged attack by City staff at Seaton House shelter in Toronto on June 24. That evening, DuBourdieu alleged he was jumped from behind by five City managers, tackled to the ground and kicked repeatedly, before being dragged down three flights of stairs and thrown out on to the sidewalk.

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John Bonnar

Homeless man allegedly assaulted by management staff at Seaton House shelter

By John Bonnar
| July 10, 2009

On June 24, 2009, Brian DuBourdieu went to The Seaton House men's shelter in downtown Toronto, to get something to eat and a bed for the night. Instead, he ended up spending the night in the emergency room of St. Michael's Hospital.


 


Listen to audio from the press conference followed by a one on one interview with Mr. DuBourdieu.


Click here to see photos from the press conference.

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