With federal political parties preparing for an
election year, Amnesty International and the Native Women’s Association
of Canada (NWAC) are calling on Canadians to help make ending violence
against Aboriginal women and girls a priority for all politicians. Our
organizations will be working with women’s organizations and other
allies across Canada to ensure that all parties make tangible
commitments to end violence against Indigenous women and girls in the
upcoming election.
Recently released RCMP statistics report the murder of 1017 Aboriginal
women and girls between 1980 and 2012, with more than 100 others
remaining missing under suspicious circumstances or for unknown reasons
It’s been ten years since the release of the Stolen Sisters report. A
decade of continued murder and disappearance of Indigenous women and
girls. A decade of government inaction.
Amnesty International
joined the Native Women’s Association today in urging Canadians to help
make the safety of Indigenous and women and girls a political priority
for the year ahead. http://spr.ly/6181UJyU
