Farrah Khan works for gender justice through education, advocacy and art.
Farrah Khan, M.S.W., R.S.W., is an award-winning human rights and gender equity educator, writer, and advocate. She is dedicated to advancing progressive policies on access to abortion, reproductive rights, stigma-free healthcare, 2SLGBTQIA rights, sexual harassment, and inclusive sex education in Canada and globally. Farrah is the creator of the groundbreaking BRAVE Model©, a peer support model with five simple steps to support a friend who has been subjected to sexual violence and gender-based violence. It’s a first-of-its-kind peer education model for trauma-informed disclosure. She has trained 100,000 people in the BRAVE model©.
Farrah is also a co-founder of innovative projects and organizations, including national Consent Awareness Week, the Courage to Act Foundation, and the Use the Right Words media reporting guide on sexual violence.
Her lifelong work reflects a commitment to systemic change rooted in joy, equity, and community care. Farrah’s full bio, femtors, and awards can be found here.
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Please note that Farrah is on health leave until further notice and will not be doing any media interviews, speaking engagements, or work.
I am a settler on the traditional territories of the Anishinabewaki ᐊᓂᔑᓈᐯᐗᑭ, Huron-Wendat Haudenosaunee. Gender-based violence is one form of colonial violence used to marginalize and dispossess Indigenous peoples from their culture, lands and waters. It continues to be used to this day to marginalize and dispossess Indigenous peoples from their culture, community, lands and waters. I am committed to addressing this by actively incorporating into my work the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada: Calls to Action as well as the Call for Justice For Everyone within the Reclaiming Power and Place: The Final Report of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls.