Norms, Values, Beliefs

Examples of how gendered norms, values, beliefs, and expectations influence one’s safety 

  • Teen girl assaulted by adult man on bus in Surrey
  • 61 year-old woman victim of broken arm, cracked sternum after argument on bus
  • Man pushes woman over and steals her phone, charged with robbery
  • 3 women grabbed from behind by man, separate incidents
  • Woman robbed, sexually assaulted near Surrey SkyTrain station
  • Surrey RCMP seek man accused of shoving pregnant woman to the ground
  • Man arrested after alleged sexual assaults at Surrey health clinic
  • Transgender inmate in Surrey denied transfer to women’s prison
  • The Hospital Employees’ Union and Fleetwood Local host gathering to honour Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and Two-Spirit people
  • 18 year-old Black man murdered in Surrey
  • Black teacher recounts racism he has faced in Surrey school
  • Cisgender women and LGBTQ2S+ people are more likely to be subjected to violence and discrimination on transit than cisgender men
  • Boys twice as likely to get into physical fights than girls in  Surrey