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Workshop: Consent and sexual assault law


March 17, 2015


Reports of sexual assault have appeared frequently in the news over the past few months. One of the most memorable cases can be attributed to former CBC Radio host Jian Ghomeshi’s sexual assault scandal. As of January 8 this year, Ghomeshi is charged with seven assault counts and one count of overcoming resistance by choking. Prior to Ghomeshi’s first appearance in court, questions of consent, as well as questions of why most victims and survivors of sexual violence (the majority of them are women) do not report to the police, have overwhelmed public debate on the allegations against Ghomeshi’s sexual conduct.

The goal of this workshop is to build our confidence with the tool of the law on hand in order to advance solutions and supports required to end sexual violence.

We are honoured to have two leading feminists and frontline workers to facilitate this workshop: Sunny Marriner, Executive Director of Ottawa Rape Crisis Centre, and Elizabeth Sheehy, a Law professor at University of Ottawa and the author of Defending Battered Women on Trial: Lessons From the Transcripts.

Time: 6:30 p.m.
Venue: Octopus Books Centretown 2nd Floor
Location: 251 Bank St. Ottawa, ON
Website: http://rabble.ca/whatsup/workshop-consent-and-sexual-assault-law
For information contact: events@octopusbooks.ca
Categories: Women

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