Violence against women

A small window into violence against women

By Farheen Khan (March 23, 2011) – As I stand in line at the nearby Tim Hortons for my morning coffee, I see the faces of many women in the line and behind the counter. I watch one woman, in particular, among the crowd of faces at the counter. She

Aruna Papp

Culturally-Driven Violence Against Women: A growing problem in Canada’s immigrant communities

(July 14, 2010) – The Frontier Centre for Public Policy has released Culturally-Driven Violence Against Women: A growing problem in Canada’s immigrant communities. The report, written by Aruna Papp, M.Ed., M.A., a Toronto-based social worker who deals with domestic violence, focuses on the growing problem of the

Naazish YarKhan

Violence against women is not a tenet of Islam

By Naazish YarKhan (December 28, 2009) – Listening to the radio one day, I was shocked to hear the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) report on widespread occurrence of rape in Afghanistan. As a Muslim who knows that the core of her religion is about