Gender 305 Human Rights Conversation is a podcast by the University of Victoria Gender 305 students of 2022 and 2023. Topics span Abortion Rights, LGBTQ2S+ rights, gender-based discrimination, and gender-based violence through the lens of human rights. Thank you to Tamara Gonsalves and all the students of Gender 305, who have spent much time and effort to educate and bring these critical topics to the community.

Tune in weekly for more conversations on human rights and international human rights developments.

Music used in the introduction and outro is the track Wonder by respectful child recorded during CFUV's 2017 Basement Closet Session. https://cfuv.bandcamp.com/track/wonderSession

Latest Episodes

Gender Issues in Human Rights: Gender-based Violence and Feminicie in Canada

We have chosen the topic of gender violence as a human rights issue because it is widespread and global. We are interested in discussing gender violence from a theoret...

Writing Wrongs: Exploring Human Rights and Genocide in Canada

Often language employed within universal laws are inaccessible to the public and can only be understood by those retaining a high level of selective education, which i...

Excavating Yogyakart

In this episode, students explicitly excavate the Yogyakarta principles, looking at the barriers to Canadian and International implementation. Students use different g...

Gender-Variance in Human Rights

​​This episode explores how language and inclusion of LGBTQ+ terminology in human rights, and women’s rights can be expanded. The students focus on trans and gender-va...

The Canadian Context: Abortion Rights

This podcast focuses on abortion rights in Canada: what is the history of abortion rights in Canada? Are there any legislated protections in place for individuals want...

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