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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]
Modern Métis Woman hosts digital platforms to represent Indigenous and non-Indigenous artwork. [6] All artwork that is submitted is used for publication and distribution with copyright ownership remaining with the artist. The charity utilizes the artwork to draw attention to scholarship opportunities for Indigenous women in Canada.
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.
Pages in category "Women indigenous leaders in Canada" The following 35 pages are in this category, out of 35 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Despite legislation Indigenous women allege they were coerced into consenting to sterilization, often during vulnerable moments such as childbirth, from the mid 1970s onwards. [138] [139] In June 2021, the Standing Committee on Human Rights in Canada found that compulsory sterilization is ongoing in Canada and its extent has been underestimated ...
Kappo was hired as the community relations for the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women in early 2017. [7] She resigned from the inquiry in June 2017. [8] [9] In November, 2017, Kappo emceed the symposium, Indigenous Climate Action: An Indigenous led climate change initiative. [10] In 2020 she was working as a lawyer in ...
The pioneers of SIWA were divided over whether or not to join the FSI, as many mainstream male-dominated Indigenous political organizations had adopted patriarchal structures that failed to reflect the specific needs and concerns of Indigenous women, which inspired many Indigenous groups, including SIWA, to organize along gendered lines. [1]
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