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Levels of violence against young women in Northern Canada triple rest of country

5 July 20195 July 2019 Ryan Patrick Jones, CBC News 0 Comments crime, domestic violence, indigenous, Indigenous women, MMIWG, women

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

2 July 20195 July 2019 Avery Zingel, CBC News 0 Comments indigenous, Indigenous women, mining, MMIWG, Northwest Territories, NWT, women

Before a resource development project goes ahead, it should be assessed for risks it poses to Indigenous women, girls and

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Dene Nation calls for action following inquiry’s report on violence against Indigenous women in Canada

10 June 2019 Avery Zingel, CBC News 0 Comments Dene, First Nations, indigenous, Indigenous women, MMIWG, National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls, Norman Yakeleya, women

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

10 June 201910 June 2019 Chantelle Bellrichard, CBC News 0 Comments indigenous, Indigenous women, justice, MMIWG, National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls, women

In the wake of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls’ final report, attention is now

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Number of reported domestic violence cases rises in Finland

7 June 20197 June 2019 Yle News 0 Comments crime, domestic violence, women

Last year there were 9,900 cases of domestic violence and intimate partner violence offences reported to Finnish authorities, which is

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Canadian PM says deaths and disappearances of Indigenous women and girls amount to ‘genocide’

4 June 2019 Catharine Tunney, CBC News 0 Comments colonialism, First Nations, genocide, indigenous, Indigenous women, Inuit, Justin Trudeau, Metis, MMIWG, National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls, women

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

4 June 20194 June 2019 CBC News 0 Comments First Nations, indigenous, Indigenous women, Inuit, mental health, Metis, MMIWG, National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls, women

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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Canada: Violence against Indigenous women, girls in Quebec often neglected, national inquiry says

3 June 20194 June 2019 CBC News 0 Comments First Nations, indigenous, Indigenous women, Inuit, MMIWG, National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls, quebec, women

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

3 June 20194 June 2019 John Paul Tasker, CBC News 0 Comments First Nations, indigenous, Indigenous women, Inuit, Metis, MMIWG, National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls, women

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

3 June 20193 June 2019 CBC News 0 Comments First Nations, indigenous, Indigenous women, Inuit, Metis, MMIWG, National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls, 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

31 May 20193 June 2019 Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic 0 Comments First Nations, indigenous, Indigenous women, Inuit, Metis, MMIWG, National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls, 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’

31 May 20193 June 2019 Jorge Barrera, CBC News 0 Comments First Nations, indigenous, Indigenous women, Inuit, Metis, MMIWG, National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls, women

The thousands of Indigenous women and girls who were murdered or disappeared across the country in recent decades are victims

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Could Alaska’s rural Indigenous communities fight violence with broader law enforcement powers?

29 May 201929 May 2019 Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media 0 Comments Alaska, Bill Barr, crime, Dan Sullivan, indigenous, legislation, rural, sexual assault, VAWA, women

U.S. Attorney General Bill Barr is coming to Alaska this week. Sen. Dan Sullivan said he will focus on rural

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Indigenous women across Canada come forward with accounts of forced sterilization, says lawyer

18 April 2019 Avery Zingel, CBC News 0 Comments First Nations, health, history, indigenous, Indigenous women, Inuit, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, NWT, women, Yukon

A proposed class action lawsuit alleging the coerced sterilization of Indigenous women in Canada is turning up reports from more

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Women’s groups in Northern Canada get $1.6M for gender equality

16 April 2019 Avery Zingel, CBC News 0 Comments Northwest Territories, NWT, women, Yellowknife

Four groups working to improve the lives of women and girls in the Northwest Territories, in Canada’s central Arctic, will

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