Table of Contents
Prologue: The Heron Case
The Background of Relations Between the Canadian Government and the Canadian Women's Movement
Decriminalizing Violence Against Women and Criminalizing Women's Self Defence
Pickton, the Police, the Pig Farm and the Missing Women
Bernardo and Pickton: Making the Cases of Monsters
The Strength of Frontline Feminist Experience
Power Politics Not of Our Making: The Giant in Our Midst
R v. Tyhurst and Gorman v. Tyhurst
Staying in Charge While Using Professional Advice
The Money Story: Who Owns the Dam and Controls the Flow of the River
Action-Oriented and Participatory Research: Pulling One Another Out of the River … One by One
Equality Seeking: Let's Go Up the River and Get the Guys Who are Throwing Women In
Nellie Nippard's Story
Jane Doe and The Charter from the CASAC Point of View
An International Discussion: Violence and Equality
Discussion of Equality and Sexist Violence in the UN, Post Beijing
Does Trade Trump Rights? World Trade Organization (WTO) and the UN
The Trafficked Chinese Boat Women of Fujian Province
The Bottom Line: The Loss of the Women's Welfare
A Global Economy: The Promotion of Prostitution
The Basic Social Unit: Enforcing the Private Domain and Upholding the Patriarchal Family After Divorce
The Charter of Rights and Freedoms
Bonnie Mooney's Story
Local Documents Reviewed: 911; Police; Prosecutor; Court; Sentencing
May/Iles and Hadley Wife Murders and the Use of Coroner's Courts
What 100 Women Say About Emergency Response
100 Women Assess Initial Police Response
911 Death By Indifference in Winnipeg
Preparing the Case: The Detective's Job Determining the Crime
David Hilton Junior, Convicted March 2001, Sentence Seven Years
Former Nova Scotia Premier, Gerald Regan and Eighteen Sex Related Charges
Just For Laughs: From Guilty Plea to Unconditional Discharge
How Does the System Prevent Convictions in Cases of Violence Against Women?
What is the Connection to Women's Rights and Violence Against Women?
Conclusions and Recommendations
Some Key Recommendations Arising from the Local Document Review and the Cases of Another 100 Women
References