Federal Election 2021: Gender-Based Violence is an Issue We Should All Prioritize

Sep 8, 2021 | Nancy Marie Ross and Stephanie Zubriski
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National strategies to end gender-based violence, public activism movements like #MeToo and One Billion Rising and the continued use of tough-on-crime policies have failed to reduce rates of gender-based violence. 

In fact, rates continue to rise. The amplification of the concurrent pandemics of racism and violence against women and children during the COVID-19 crisis has resulted in urgent calls to action for the type of change needed to end gender-based violence.

So why isn’t gender-based violence on the federal election agenda?