We urgently need robust action to end gender-based violence in British Columbia

The province’s action plan must be much more than recycled commitments, write Lisa Rupert, Amy FitzGerald, and Raji Mangat.

British Columbia Premier David Eby, pictured in Vancouver on Nov. 20, 2022. In the premier’s priorities for the new cabinet, there is a glaring omission around commitments to end gender-based violence. It is an afterthought at best, and entirely absent from many ministerial mandate letters, write the authors. Photograph courtesy of Flickr

Opinion

BY LISA RUPERT, AMY FITZGERALD, AND RAJI MANGAT

December 28, 2022

Gender-based violence is so deeply entrenched in society that it can be hard to imagine what could be possible in a world without it. Despite violence against women and gender diverse people gaining in visibility, it continues to be looked upon as a regrettable, yet unavoida...

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