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Memorial march for missing and murdered aboriginal women
| On Valentine's Day fight with Indigenous women to break the silence.
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UN will conduct inquiry into missing and murdered Aboriginal women in Canada
Native Women’s Association of Canada | The United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women will investigate after the failures of Canadian governments to take effective action in connection with the murders.
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Photo: Xstine Cook
Spirit of the Bluebird: An animated tribute to a murdered elder
Cara Waterfall | Gloria Black Plume, the mother of six children, was killed in Calgary in 1999. Filmmaker Xstine Cook was changed by the murder and has made a warm tribute to her life, with artist Jesse Gouchey.
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Over 200 women blocked traffic and called for a 'new fair, just, and inclusive inquiry that centres the voices and experiences and leadership of women, particularly Indigenous women, in the DTES.' Photo: Courtesy of Union of BC Indian Chiefs
Why the B.C. Missing Women's Commission of Inquiry fails
Harsha Walia | Grassroots groups support endangered women in the Downtown Eastside against a political system that cuts public programs while prioritizing corporate bailouts. These groups have abandoned the inquiry.
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Canada's secret shame happens in plain sight, with 600 Aboriginal women having gone missing or been murdered in 30 years. Today we honour them across the country.
Sisters in Spirit vigils light a candle and feed the fire of remembrance
Martin Lukacs | Canada's secret shame happens in plain sight, with 600 Aboriginal women having gone missing or been murdered in 30 years. Today we honour them across the country.
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The Missing Women's Commission of Inquiry
The F Word | The F Word takes a closer look at the Missing Women's Commission of Inquiry, featuring an interview with Native Women's Association of Canada president Jeannette Corbiere Lavell.
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West Coast LEAF and EVA BC withdraw from B.C.'s Missing Women Inquiry
West Coast LEAF and EVA BC | Citing the government's failure to provide funding for counsel for community groups, we are withdrawing from this commission.
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Photo: Elizabeth Pickett
Women's Worlds 2011: 800 march on Parliament for murdered and missing Aboriginal women
Elizabeth Pickett | Canada's Indigenous women are a focal point at Women's Worlds 2011, both in terms of their leadership and the challenges they face.
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B.C. government denies funding to Missing Women's Inquiry participants
Heather McMahon | Denying funding will, once again, prevent marginalized voices from being heard and avoid creating relationships with Vancouver's Downtown Eastside.
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Criminalizing sex workers harms the most vulnerable
Sarah Hunt | Because the Ontario government is arguing in court that it's not their job to protect sex workers, they are placing the blame on the victims of violence -- many of whom are Aboriginal.
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The 20th anniversary of this memorial march in Vancouver. Photo: Kim Elliot.
Their spirits live within us: Marching for murdered and missing Indigenous women
Krystalline Kraus | The national day of action for justice for murdered and missing Indigenous women made a public declaration on Feb. 14 that proclaimed their remembrance and love for those taken or killed.