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Honour Beverley Wybrow

Honour Beverley Wybrow

Chair Board of Directors2022-01-04T15:40:10+00:00December 16, 2013|Corporate, Guest bloggers, Impact stories|

In just over a month, our current President and CEO Beverley Wybrow will retire from the Canadian Women's Foundation.

To celebrate Bev's outstanding leadership and devotion to the Canadian Women's Foundation, a fund has been set up in her honour. In lieu of a retirement gift, consider a donation to the Beverley Wybrow Fund that will help support transformative work to move women out of poverty, out of violence and into confidence.

We invite you to share your favourite memory or cherished highlight of Bev's career in the comment section below. These messages will be collected and shared with Bev in the New Year.

Warning Signs of an Abusive Relationship

Diane Hill2024-04-24T19:06:21+00:00November 27, 2013|Gender-based violence|

As you may have heard on the news this morning, Simon Gittany was convicted today of throwing his girlfriend Lisa Harnum, a Canadian, off the 15th floor balcony of their apartment in Sydney Australia.

After the verdict was read, Lisa’s mother told reporters her daughter’s death was a “powerful wakeup call to young women and to parents, siblings and friends of these young women, to be aware of the warning signs of a controlling relationship and to take a pro-active approach to assisting them.”

Why Women Stay in Abusive Relationships

Why Women Stay in Abusive Relationships

Sandra Hawken2022-01-04T15:29:05+00:00November 26, 2013|Gender-based violence, Women’s poverty|

We've all seen the recent headlines with high profile allegations of domestic abuse. I can't count the number of times I've heard friends and family ask the same question of those stories: "why doesn't she just leave?"

Too many people assume that if a woman is in an abusive relationship that she is making a choice to stay and that she has the power to end the abuse if she just leaves.

The Time for Women is Now!

The Time for Women is Now!

Sally Armstrong2022-01-04T15:14:45+00:00October 22, 2013|Gender-based violence, SHE Magazine|

Earlier this year, Sally wrote a piece for SHE - the Canadian Women's Foundation Magazine, about what happens when women come together to speak their minds and collectively raise awareness about an issue.

What if one billion women around the world stood up on the same day, sang the same song and danced the same dance? What if together they claimed their own space, raised their own voices, took back the night? Would that send the message that 50% of the population has had it with violence against women?

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