Farrah Khan

Executive Director, Action Canada for Sexual Health and Rights

gender equality, gender equity, violence against women, gender-based violence, sexual assault/sexual violence, campus sexual assault, sexual harassment, bystander intervention, forced marriage, honour killings, inclusion

Media

The lasting impact of #MeToo in the workplace

Sexual violence support worker Farrah Khan talks to CBC’s Susan Ormiston about what has changed in workplaces since #MeToo and what misconceptions remain.

Incels and everyday misogynistic hate

The misogynistic ideology behind incels, or "involuntarily celibate," exists beyond the online subculture. Farrah Khan, manager of Consent Comes First at Ryerson University, and Humberto Carolo, executive director of the White Ribbon campaign, discuss the larger movement of misogynistic hate.

Biography

Farrah Khan has spent two decades raising awareness about the intersections of gender-based violence and equity through education, policy, art creation, and advocacy. She is the founder of Possibility Seeds, member of the Government of Canada's Federal Strategy Against Gender-based Violence Advisory Council, board member of Girl Guides of Canada and the Executive Director of Action Canada for Sexual Health and Rights. Khan is co-founder of innovative community projects including Use The Right Words: Media Reporting on Sexual Violence and co-director of Courage to Act, the first national project of its kind to address and prevent gender-based violence on post-secondary campuses in Canada. She regularly contributes to national media with her expertise in addressing gender-based violence, and is the recipient of the numerous awards, including the Toronto Community Foundation’s Vital People Award. In 2018, Khan was appointed to the Gender Equality Advisory Council for the G7 Summit. At the Summit, she addressed an audience of world leaders insisting any discussion about a thriving, sustainable, and peaceful world is not possible without taking concrete action on gender equity.

Expertise

  • access to abortion
  • reproductive rights
  • stigma-free health care
  • 2SLGBTQIA rights
  • inclusive sex-ed
  • gender equality
  • gender equity
  • violence against women
  • gender-based violence
  • sexual assault/violence
  • campus sexual assault
  • sexual harassment
  • bystander intervention
  • forced marriage
  • honour killings
  • inclusion