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The 2014 and 2015 Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) reports on MMIWG identified "narrow and incomplete causes of homicides of Indigenous women and girls in Canada." [18] The "often-cited statistic that Indigenous men are responsible for 70% of murders of Indigenous women and girls is not factually based." [18] [21]
Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women [a] are instances of violence against Indigenous women in Canada and the United States, [1] [2] notably those in the First Nations in Canada and Native American communities, [3] [4] [5] but also amongst other Indigenous peoples such as in Australia and New Zealand, [2] and the grassroots movement to raise awareness of MMIW through organizing marches ...
"Stolen Sisters: A Human Rights Response to Discrimination and Violence against Indigenous Women in Canada" (PDF). Amnesty International of Canada. October 2004. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 27, 2008. "The Death of Helen Betty Osborne". Aboriginal Justice Implementation Commission. Le Moal, Dan (August 21, 2000).
Despite Canada's reputation as a progressive society, its continued forced sterilization of Indigenous women puts it alongside countries like India and China, where the practice mostly affects ...
Reconciliation (#83) — Canada Council for the Arts to establish a strategy for Indigenous and non-Indigenous artists to undertake collaborative projects: the Canadian Council for the Arts gave $17.8 million in funds to Indigenous artists in 2017–18, and is on track to triple its 2015-16 investment of $6.3 million to $18.9 million in 2020 ...
The Native Women's Association of Canada (NWAC; French: Association des femmes autochtones du Canada [AFAC]) is a national Indigenous organization representing the political voice of Indigenous women, girls, and gender-diverse people in Canada, inclusive of First Nations on and off reserve, status and non-status, disenfranchised, Métis, and Inuit.
The Indigenous and local communities have engaged in multiple actions to raise awareness and ensure Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women receive the attention they deserve. In October 2020, Coalition on Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women and Girls in B.C. demanded an action plan from provincial leaders.
Indigenous women comprise 42 per cent of women in custody. [21] This is despite the fact that they comprise 4.9 per cent of the female population of Canada. [22] Indigenous women experience higher rates of poverty, precarious employment, and are statistically more likely to be single care givers.