Women in tent cities are organizing themselves to band together and fight back against patriarchal violence. The Women's Council in Nanaimo's Discontent City formed in early June, followed quickly by a women's group in Maple Ridge's Anita Place Tent City.
At the first meeting of the Anita Place…
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