Katherine Jameson Digby attends the City of Ottawa’s “Ottawa Stops Hate Together” session in search of answers about the stalled Women and Gender Equity Strategy. What follows is a sharply observed account of city equity officials, contested ideas about hate and inclusion, and the complete disregard for women’s sex-based rights in Ottawa ’s DEI framework.

What qualifications are required for a man to assume the frontline role of advising women on their sexual health?

"It might take some courage and innovative leadership to curtail male incursion into women's sport, but it will be necessary if we are to centre girls in their own categories."