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Lisa Rupert, Amy FitzGerald, and Raji Mangat

Lisa Rupert is vice-president of Housing and Violence Prevention with YWCA Metro Vancouver. Amy FitzGerald is executive director of BC Society of Transition Houses. Raji Mangat is executive director of West Coast LEAF.

We urgently need robust action to end gender-based violence in British Columbia

British Columbia Premier David Eby, pictured in Vancouver on Nov. 20, 2022. In the premier’s priorities for the new cabinet, there is a glaring omission around commitments to end gender-based violence. It is an afterthought at best, and entirely absent from many ministerial mandate letters, write the authors. Photograph courtesy of Flickr
British Columbia Premier David Eby, pictured in Vancouver on Nov. 20, 2022. In the premier’s priorities for the new cabinet, there is a glaring omission around commitments to end gender-based violence. It is an afterthought at best, and entirely absent from many ministerial mandate letters, write the authors. Photograph courtesy of Flickr