Leaving family violence can be extremely difficult, but not knowing your rights can make it so much worse.

Dec. 6 commemorates the deaths of 14 female engineering students who were targeted and killed at Montreal’s Ecolé Polytechnique in 1989, because they were women.

The London Abused Women's Centre (LAWC) officially launched the campaign with an event Friday morning, where Shainee Chalk shared her story.

According to Beyond Borders ECPAT Canada, negotiators acted on concerns about potentially troubling language in the agreement, that could have shielded sex traffickers.

Orange Shirt Day is being commemorated in Saskatchewan to remember those who died at residential schools in the country and to honour those who survived.

Eleven more lawyers will be added to the current eight that provide free four-hour consultations for sexual assault survivors.

"We both shot up. I think we almost hit the roof. After that, I don't remember a whole lot."

Calgary is host to one of six meetings where '60s Scoop survivors are invited to share their painful past.

Some Manitoba survivors of the 60s Scoop are encouraging others to opt out of a settlement.

Sixty-five per cent of the human trafficking that goes on in the country occurs in Ontario, according to the province's minister responsible for the status of women.