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Award winning #EndDemand campaign created a fake escort site that advertised real women, but when buyers called or chatted online, they were informed the women had already been murdered or severely injured by pimps or johns. The campaign, created by CAP International member Mouvement du Nid, highlights the violence inherent in trafficking and prostitution, something usually hidden from view on these kinds of sites.

Catholic Church acquits Mexican priest who admitted raping 30 Indigenous girls between the ages of five and 10 years old.

Seventeen years after Sweden first implemented its law criminalizing the purchase of sex, attitudes towards prostitution (and attitudes towards the law) have changed.

Prominent Inuit artist Annie Pootoogook found dead in Ottawa’s Rideau River.

BBC reports on story about male violence, fails to mention that perpetrator is male.

I just heard this story on R4, thought "that's an unusual crime for a woman". Sex is really relevant to violence. https://t.co/1S56zughOz — Sarah Ditum (@sarahditum) September 22, 2016

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Meghan Murphy Founder & Editor Meghan Murphy is a freelance writer and journalist. She has been podcasting and writing about feminism since 2010 and has published work in numerous national and international publications, including The Spectator, UnHerd, the CBC, New Statesman, Vice, Al Jazeera, The Globe and Mail, and more. Meghan completed a Masters degree in the department of Gender, Sexuality and Women’s Studies at Simon Fraser University in 2012 and lives in Vancouver, B.C. with her dog.