Cambridge Bay’s 1st transition home for women set to open soon in Eastern Canadian Arctic
The Kitikmeot Friendship Society announced its latest pilot project — a transitional home for women in Cambridge Bay, Nunavut. It’s
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Violence Against Women bill would expand power of up to 30 Alaska tribal courts
To help tackle the high rates of violence in Alaska Native villages, a bill in Congress would expand tribal court
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Greenland accedes to UN treaty against mercury pollution
Greenland has acceded to the UN treaty against mercury pollution, the government said on Wednesday. “The supply of mercury to
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Women on Arctic research mission told not to wear tight-fitting clothing
A prominent Arctic research mission is coming under fire for a dress code policy that has highlighted concerns about systemic
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Women in Northern Canada travel farthest to access domestic violence shelters
It was the first and only time Ann Kasook attempted to run away. She still feels shaken when she talks
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US Senate passes bill with funds for missing and murdered Indigenous women
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Senate last week agreed to spend $6.5 million to tackle the epidemic of missing and murdered
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Caroline Cochrane elected premier of Canada’s Northwest Territories
Caroline Cochrane, MLA for Yellowknife’s Range Lake district, has been elected premier of the Northwest Territories, in Northern Canada. Cochrane
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Missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls: What Canada’s parties are promising
Little time has been spent on the issue of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls so far in Canada’s
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Offender in Northern Canada wins appeal, overturns banishment from his community
A Nunavut, Northern Canada man convicted of sexual assault and breaking and entering is no longer going to be banished
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Record number of women elected in Northwest Territories, Northern Canada
A record number of women have been elected to the Northwest Territories 19th Legislative Assembly — making it the jurisdiction
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Arctic Canada: Yukon women weigh in on sexism in politics
Senator Pat Duncan has no trouble recalling how she was sometimes belittled as the first female premier in Yukon, Arctic
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Assessing Margot Wallström’s legacy as Swedish foreign minister
Margot Wallström spent some five years as Sweden’s foreign minister and launched the world’s first feminist foreign policy before announcing
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Women now lead most Finnish political parties
When Finland’s Centre Party elected Katri Kulmuni as its new leader last weekend, Finnish political history turned a new page:
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Violence against Indigenous women in Canada: final report altered to fix error
The MMIWG national inquiry overstated in its final report the percentage of Canadian homicide victims who are Indigenous women and
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Violence against Indigenous women: Northwest Territories gov not yet committing to recommendations
The N.W.T. government is not yet committing to act on all the recommendations from the inquiry into missing and murdered
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