Theres an epidemic in our country that our government is refusing to respond to. For Indigenous women in Canada, the idea that they might go missing is a terrifying reality. The United Nations has urged Canada to launch a national inquiry on missing and murdered Indigenous women. But Harper has not been willing to act. Disappointing as the news is, its, unfortunately, not surprising that a settler-colonial state does not value the lives of Indigenous women as much as other citizens. The RCMP recently released information stating that the number of missing and murdered is around 1,200 women. The rate that Indigenous women go missing is disproportionately larger that any other group in this country and Indigenous women are three times more likely to experience violence than non-Indigenous women are. All these statistics are part of the narrative of a country that has marginalized Indigenous women for centuries. Its time to hear their voices.
Posted on: Tue, 04 Nov 2014 23:55:04 +0000
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