Aura Freedom

A grassroots organization working in Canada and internationally to end male violence against women and human trafficking.
#FeministAF

[Aura Freedom @AuraFreedom]

We're so excited for this.

Register today, spots are limited!

https://t.co/RB1wcI7MoE

[Canadian Femicide Observatory 🇨🇦 @CAN_Femicide]

@LGSentinel Good idea, tagging @AuraFreedom who also does great work in this area.

[Aura Freedom @AuraFreedom]

How the media tells stories about violence against women matters.

It shapes public understanding, influences accountability & impacts survivors in real ways.

Visit https://t.co/o5JPP2wyVJ to download our free guidelines, tools, research & more.

#femicide #IPV #GBV #MVAW #VAW

[UN Human Rights Council @UN_HRC]

“An estimated 99% of those targeted by AI deepfakes are women,” @UNHumanRights deputy chief @Dabokunda told the @UN Human Rights Council.

“We are dealing with an inventive, high-tech form of oppression” targeting women and girls, she said.

#HRC62

[Aura Freedom @AuraFreedom]

Major sporting events don’t "cause" gender-based violence, but research shows match days can be linked to spikes in Intimate Partner Violence.

As Toronto prepares for FIFA, we're highlighting that GBV is NOT collateral damage.

Read our full post here: https://t.co/w8fliMM602

[Aura Freedom @AuraFreedom]

@UNSRVAW Yes, we published a timeline of Sloka's acquittal of 48 counts of sexual assault, one of the largest cases of its kind in local history.

You can access it here on LinkedIn: https://t.co/cHaAJyPmR8

[Schlifer Clinic @schliferclinic]

On May 13, our Acting ED Jehan Chaudry represented the Clinic at Headlines & Harm, hosted by @AuraFreedom. An inspiring evening of panel discussions, learning, and dialogue on reframing media coverage of GBV 🤍

[WomanACT @WomanACT]

🎤 WomanACT was honoured to attend @AuraFreedom’s event, Headlines & Harm: Reframing Gender-Based Violence in the Media, with panelists Marissa Kokkoros, @SMohyeddin, @LizRenzetti, and @AnnRauhala

https://t.co/BIXGtT8cZ8

#GenderBasedViolence #GBVPrevention #MediaJustice

[Aura Freedom @AuraFreedom]

@CAN_Femicide Yes, exactly. Our media guidelines mention this in various sections, including our special section dedicated to femicide created with a network of over 40 organizations and media professionals including CFOJA: https://t.co/44dU33sNMk

[Canadian Femicide Observatory 🇨🇦 @CAN_Femicide]

In #Canada, it appears that some police have no problem with hitting girls, especially #Indigenous girls.

See: Vancouver police jail guard sentenced to house arrest for repeatedly punching girl in stomach
https://t.co/0hhMjekpl8

#MMIWG

[Aura Freedom @AuraFreedom]

This triple #femicide was not "unimaginable", as the Chief remarked.

Femicide is not extraordinary. It is predictable & commonplace. Police are not #VAW experts and the terms they use do little to educate the public.

Good to see #femicide mentioned.

https://t.co/HxKVCBrJHN

[MANA LEADER☀️ @ManaLeader_]

En Guadeloupe, des lycéennes se mobilisent pour se faire entendre auprès de leurs administrations après la diffusion, par des lycéens, de listes classant des filles comme « violables » ou encore « inviolables » dans leur lycée ainsi que dans des établissements aux alentours.

Selon plusieurs témoignages, ce n’est qu’à la suite de cette mobilisation que l’établissement a commencé à prendre leurs plaintes en considération. Certaines élèves affirment également avoir reçu des menaces de la part des auteurs présumés.

Cette affaire est révélatrice de la culture du viol encore présente dans nos sociétés, mais aussi du manque de prise en compte des violences faites aux femmes et aux jeunes filles. Elle témoigne également de la montée inquiétante des discours masculinistes et sexistes dans une partie de la jeunesse.

[Aura Freedom @AuraFreedom]

Last few days to register for our event with these remarkable feminist journalists & women’s rights advocates for a powerful conversation on how violence against women is reported, where harm occurs & how transformative reporting can prevent it.
Register https://t.co/xACZfNZI0v

[Canadian Femicide Observatory 🇨🇦 @CAN_Femicide]

#MMIWG #CallItFemicide

[Aura Freedom @AuraFreedom]

@CAN_Femicide @DawsonMyrna We've also drawn from the work of other orgs & our own collaborations with a different feminist partners.

Our recommendations are further anchored in Aura Freedom’s expertise, including survivor support, community research, and upstream systems change through Primary Prevention.

[Aura Freedom @AuraFreedom]

Bill C-16 has noble intentions.

Yet, truly meaningful progress to address violence against women and #femicide requires systems-wide approaches that prioritize Primary & Secondary Prevention, tackle root causes, and go beyond punishment.

Our analysis: https://t.co/fbf8zBbdGT

[Aura Freedom @AuraFreedom]

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Our analysis is rooted in an intersectional feminist framework and informed by the academic research and expertise of the @CAN_Femicide and our colleague @DawsonMyrna, a global leader in femicide research & men’s violence against women and children.

[Catherine Fife @CFifeKW]

“Forty-eight women came forward,” one complainant in the Sloka case told me. “That should matter. An acquittal doesn’t mean nothing happened, it means the system couldn’t meet its own threshold…we have to ask whether the system is failing to recognize patterns of harm.” #onpoli

[Aura Freedom @AuraFreedom]

We’re honoured to be joined by feminist journalists & women’s rights advocates for a powerful conversation on how violence against women is reported, where harm occurs & how transformative reporting can prevent it.

Join Aura Freedom, May 13.

Register: https://t.co/xACZfNZI0v

[Aura Freedom @AuraFreedom]

@CAN_Femicide The reports, recommendations, calls to action and calls for justice have been made again, and again, and again. Each time, ripping open the hearts of the advocates and survivors and communities that contribute to them. Only to sit on shelves for years. Enough is enough.