When Prime Minister Stephen Harper called “Islamicism” the biggest threat to Canada in an interview with the CBC’s Peter Mansbridge, Scarborough resident and PhD student Asma Bala found it hurtful and shocking to hear such language from her own prime minister.
As the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women approaches, long-time community activist Anna Willats says one group of women continues to endure a unique form of violence.