Protecting the Sex-Based Rights of Women in Law & Society

Protecting the Sex-Based Rights of Women & Girls in Law and Society in Alberta and Across Canada

We document what's happening to women's sex-based rights in law, in policy, and in practice in Alberta and Across Canada. If you've witnessed something that needs to be heard, we have a secure, confidential platform for you to share your story.

If you've witnessed something that needs to be heard, we have a secure, confidential platform for you to share your story.

No pressure. Just a clear path forward.

Who We Are & Why This Matters

Women & Girls Alberta is a non-partisan, women-led organization restoring the sex-based rights of women and girls — in law, in policy, and in everyday life. We support the women who are living the consequences, the policymakers trying to fix them, and the communities ready to have honest conversations.

"It's not hate to defend your rights, and it is not hate to speak the truth."

-Magdalen Berns

Prison Safety
Sports Fairness
Rape Crisis Centres
Bodily Privacy
Women's Scholarships
Accurate Crime Stats
Lesbian Boundaries
Single-Sex Spaces
Hospital Privacy
Fair Competition
Charter Protections
Women-Only Resources
Prison Safety
Sports Fairness
Rape Crisis Centres
Bodily Privacy
Women's Scholarships
Accurate Crime Stats
Lesbian Boundaries
Single-Sex Spaces
Hospital Privacy
Fair Competition
Charter Protections
Women-Only Resources
Prison Safety
Sports Fairness
Rape Crisis Centres
Bodily Privacy
Women's Scholarships
Accurate Crime Stats
Lesbian Boundaries
Single-Sex Spaces
Hospital Privacy
Fair Competition
Charter Protections
Women-Only Resources
Prison Safety
Sports Fairness
Rape Crisis Centres
Bodily Privacy
Women's Scholarships
Accurate Crime Stats
Lesbian Boundaries
Single-Sex Spaces
Hospital Privacy
Fair Competition
Charter Protections
Women-Only Resources

Who We Are & Why This Matters

Women & Girls Alberta is a non-partisan, women-led organization restoring the sex-based rights of women and girls — in law, in policy, and in everyday life. We support the women who are living the consequences, the policymakers trying to fix them, and the communities ready to have honest conversations.

"It's not hate to defend your rights, and it is not hate to speak the truth."

-Magdalen Berns

Prison Safety
Sports Fairness
Rape Crisis Centres
Bodily Privacy
Women's Scholarships
Accurate Crime Stats
Lesbian Boundaries
Single-Sex Spaces
Hospital Privacy
Fair Competition
Charter Protections
Women-Only Resources
Prison Safety
Sports Fairness
Rape Crisis Centres
Bodily Privacy
Women's Scholarships
Accurate Crime Stats
Lesbian Boundaries
Single-Sex Spaces
Hospital Privacy
Fair Competition
Charter Protections
Women-Only Resources
Prison Safety
Sports Fairness
Rape Crisis Centres
Bodily Privacy
Women's Scholarships
Accurate Crime Stats
Lesbian Boundaries
Single-Sex Spaces
Hospital Privacy
Fair Competition
Charter Protections
Women-Only Resources
Prison Safety
Sports Fairness
Rape Crisis Centres
Bodily Privacy
Women's Scholarships
Accurate Crime Stats
Lesbian Boundaries
Single-Sex Spaces
Hospital Privacy
Fair Competition
Charter Protections
Women-Only Resources

Who We Are & Why This Matters

Women & Girls Alberta is a non-partisan, women-led organization restoring the sex-based rights of women and girls — in law, in policy, and in everyday life. We support the women who are living the consequences, the policymakers trying to fix them, and the communities ready to have honest conversations.

"It's not hate to defend your rights, and it is not hate to speak the truth."

-Magdalen Berns

Prison Safety
Sports Fairness
Rape Crisis Centres
Bodily Privacy
Women's Scholarships
Accurate Crime Stats
Lesbian Boundaries
Single-Sex Spaces
Hospital Privacy
Fair Competition
Charter Protections
Women-Only Resources
Prison Safety
Sports Fairness
Rape Crisis Centres
Bodily Privacy
Women's Scholarships
Accurate Crime Stats
Lesbian Boundaries
Single-Sex Spaces
Hospital Privacy
Fair Competition
Charter Protections
Women-Only Resources
Prison Safety
Sports Fairness
Rape Crisis Centres
Bodily Privacy
Women's Scholarships
Accurate Crime Stats
Lesbian Boundaries
Single-Sex Spaces
Hospital Privacy
Fair Competition
Charter Protections
Women-Only Resources
Prison Safety
Sports Fairness
Rape Crisis Centres
Bodily Privacy
Women's Scholarships
Accurate Crime Stats
Lesbian Boundaries
Single-Sex Spaces
Hospital Privacy
Fair Competition
Charter Protections
Women-Only Resources
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Share What You Know, Safely and Confidentially

Women across Alberta are witnessing things that need to be documented — in prisons, hospitals, schools, shelters, and workplaces. If you have a story, evidence, or information about how sex-based policies are affecting women and girls, we want to hear from you.

Our secure reporting platform is built on GlobaLeaks, an internationally trusted open-source whistleblowing tool used by human rights organizations worldwide. You do not need to create an account. You do not need to give your name. Your submission is encrypted end-to-end.

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How Alberta Is Leading the Way

While other provinces watch from the sidelines, Alberta has passed law after law to protect biological sex as a meaningful legal category; restricting the medicalization of gender-dysphoric children, restoring parental rights in schools, defending female sport categories, and shielding professionals who speak plainly about biological reality. Here is the legislation making it happen.

Prison Safety & Security

Data Integrity & Evidence-Based Policy

Women's Safety & Protection From Male Violence

Bill 29: Fairness and Safety in Sport Act

Alberta legislated biological sex as the basis for female sport divisions in schools, post-secondary institutions, and provincial sport organizations, making it the first Canadian province to do so by statute. The Act came into force September 1, 2025 and is shielded from Charter challenge by Bill 9's notwithstanding clause. No legal challenge had been filed as of the time of Bill 9's passage, though Egale Canada has stated its intention to challenge the legislation.

Prison Safety & Security

Data Integrity & Evidence-Based Policy

Women's Safety & Protection From Male Violence

Bill 26: Health Statutes Amendment Act, 2024

Alberta became the first Canadian province to legislatively ban puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, and gender-affirming surgeries for minors under 18. After a brief court injunction, Bill 9's notwithstanding clause brought the legislation fully into force in December 2025. A federalism-based challenge was denied in May 2026; an appeal is pending.

Prison Safety & Security

Data Integrity & Evidence-Based Policy

Women's Safety & Protection From Male Violence

Bill 13: Regulated Professions Neutrality Act, 2025

Passed December 9, 2025, this Act prohibits professional regulatory bodies from disciplining members for off-duty speech and bans mandatory DEI, cultural competency, and unconscious bias training. Applying to over 40 regulatory bodies and 100+ professions, it directly protects women professionals who have faced regulatory consequences for expressing sex-realist views.

Top Alberta Crime & News

Documenting the real-world consequences of gender self-identification policy for Canadian women and girls across prisons, shelters, sports, schools, and public institutions, with the legislation that made each case possible.

ALBERTA

Edmonton, Alberta

Mika Lin Katz: The Trans-Identified Male Who Sexually Assaulted 4 Women at an Edmonton Women's Shelter and Was Released Before Being Arrested Again

Mika Lin Katz, a thirty-seven-year-old trans-identified male, sexually assaulted at least four women at an Edmonton women's shelter in August 2024, was released after the first two complainants came forward, and was re-arrested in January 2025 after two additional victims reported assaults. The Edmonton Police Service publicly released his photograph and asked whether further victims existed, suggesting the four known charges may not represent the full scope of his offending.

ALBERTA

Grande Prairie, Alberta

Michael Joseph Attwood: The "Genderfluid" Father Who Stabbed His Children and Was Released Pending Trial

Michael Joseph Attwood, who identifies as "genderfluid," stabbed his eight-year-old daughter and seven-year-old son with a serrated kitchen knife in their bedrooms in Grande Prairie, Alberta on February 19, 2025, severing his daughter's esophagus and requiring her to be airlifted to hospital. He pleaded guilty in July 2025 and was sentenced to five years in prison in January 2026.

ALBERTA

Edmonton, AB

Michael Williams: The Man Who Helped Murder Nina Courtepatte Has Been Transferred to Two Women's Federal Prisons — And Canada Barely Noticed

Michael Williams was seventeen years old in 2005 when he participated with four others in the deliberate abduction, gang rape, torture, and murder of thirteen-year-old Nina Courtepatte, who was lured from West Edmonton Mall to a golf course where she was beaten with a sledgehammer, choked, stabbed, and left to die. Sentenced to life in prison, Williams identified as transgender in 2014, was transferred to Fraser Valley Institution for Women in 2017 where he was caught having sex with female inmates, returned to a men's institution, and then transferred again to Grand Valley Institution for Women in 2025 — where he immediately threatened female inmates, produced a weapon, and was removed after a tactical standoff within days.

Organizations We Support

We don't work alone. These organizations share our commitment to protecting women's sex-based rights in courts, in clinics, in shelters, and in public debate. Together we are building the evidence base, the legal challenges, and the networks that make change possible.

Women Leading the Way

These are the researchers, journalists, lawyers, athletes, and advocates who have put their reputations and in some cases their careers on the line to speak the truth about women's rights. Their work is the foundation ours is built on.

  • Amy Hamm
  • Amy Sousa
  • April Hutchison
  • Amy Hamm
  • Amy Hamm
  • Amy Hamm
  • Amy Hamm
  • Amy Hamm
  • Amy Hamm
  • Helen Joyce

Read Our Blog

This is where we put the issues into words. We are mothers, sisters, wives, daughters and neighbours from across Alberta, writing about the laws, the news and the quiet policy changes that shape the sex-based rights of women and girls, at home and abroad. We work hard to get the facts right and to show our sources, so you can read, share and decide for yourself. Welcome, and thank you for being here.

We Need Your Support

For Women & Girls Alberta is a non-partisan, women-led, volunteer organization, and we rely on concerned Albertans like you to help us do the work.

We receive no public funding or corporate sponsorship whatsoever.

We Need Your Support

For Women & Girls Alberta is a non-partisan, women-led, volunteer organization, and we rely on concerned Albertans like you to help us do the work.

We receive no public funding or corporate sponsorship whatsoever.

We Need Your Support

For Women & Girls Alberta is a non-partisan, women-led, volunteer organization, and we rely on concerned Albertans like you to help us do the work.

We receive no public funding or corporate sponsorship whatsoever.