Levels of violence against young women in Northern Canada triple rest of country
Young women and girls living in the northern parts of Canada are three times more likely to be victims of
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Gendered impacts of resource development should be studied, says inquiry into violence against Indigenous women in Canada
Before a resource development project goes ahead, it should be assessed for risks it poses to Indigenous women, girls and
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Violence against Indigenous women: paving the way forward for Canada’s Northwest Territories
Jane Weyallon is unequivocal in her assessment of the Canadian government’s colonial relationship with Indigenous women. The president of the
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Dene Nation calls for action following inquiry’s report on violence against Indigenous women in Canada
Dene National Chief Norman Yakeleya wants Canadian and Indigenous governments to take swift action on the 231 calls to justice
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Violence against Indigenous women in Canada: The legal and moral imperatives behind the inquiry’s calls for justice
In the wake of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls’ final report, attention is now
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Canadian PM says deaths and disappearances of Indigenous women and girls amount to ‘genocide’
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says his government accepts that the murders and disappearances of Indigenous women and girls across
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Violence & Indigenous women in Canada: Support available for family members reading inquiry’s final report
Aftercare should not be an afterthought. That’s the message a network of support workers from across the country is sending
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Report on violence against Indigenous women a ‘wake-up call’ for Canada, says Pauktuutit president
The final report on violence against Indigenous woman in Canada should serve as a wake-up call for the country, but
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Canada: Violence against Indigenous women, girls in Quebec often neglected, national inquiry says
The national inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls has released a separate report about violence in Quebec,
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Canada’s inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women issues final report with sweeping calls for change
After more than three years, dozens of community meetings and testimony from well over 2,000 Canadians, the missing and murdered
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231 ‘imperative’ changes: Calls for justice from Canada’s inquiry on missing and murdered Indigenous women
There are 231 steps that need to be taken by governments and Canadians in order to end the genocide against
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Inuit-specific mental health services among recommendations in Canadian report on violence against Indigenous women
Culturally relevant policing and mental health services are among the Inuit-specific recommendations in a Canadian report on violence against Indigenous
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National inquiry calls murders and disappearances of Indigenous women a ‘Canadian genocide’
The thousands of Indigenous women and girls who were murdered or disappeared across the country in recent decades are victims
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National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls set to present final report in June
The National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG) is set to present its final report June
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Indigenous women and girls: advocates demand federal plan before October election
A coalition of human rights advocates is imploring the federal government to act now on decades of recommendations to address
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