An update to a 2004 Amnesty International report that documented some of the underlying causes of violence against Native Canadian women. Sexism through marginalization drive women to escape by any means. Systemic racism contributes to the factors preceding their introduction into sex work, victimization by men who preyed on them.
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A report generated by Native Canadian organizations that participated in the Highway of Tears Symposium in Prince George, B.C. between March 30-31, 2015. Four recommendation areas were proposed to address some of the immediate causes behind the disappearances and deaths.
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A long-awaited report by the Conservative Harper government (author Stella Ambler represented the Mississauga South riding) that made several recommendations, but did not call for a special national inquiry into the phenomena. Included in the report are dissenting opinions from the Liberals and New Democrats.
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Organization of American States IACHR report on the causes behind the disappearances and murders of Native Canadian women within British Columbia. IACHR makes a series of recommendations on the federal and provincial level in addressing these problems, some social, others are institutional.
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The author surmises the failure of Crown authorities to cut the high rate of violence on Native Canadian women, especially along the Highway of Tears, is a symptom of a larger dysfunction between Native communities and provincial and federal police. If women aren't ignored by police during domestic and external violent assaults, they are treated with an unwarranted asymmetrical hostility. The report lists Canada's obligations under international law in relation to protect Native Canadian women.
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Highway of Tears Symposium. 2015. A collective voice for the victims who have been silenced: the Highway of Tears Symposium recommendations report.
A report generated by Native Canadian organizations that participated in the Highway of Tears Symposium in Prince George, B.C. between March 30-31, 2015. Four recommendation areas were proposed to address some of the immediate causes behind the disappearances and deaths.
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Ambler, Stella. 2014. Invisible women: a call to action: a report on missing and murdered indigenous women in Canada: report of the Special Committee on Violence Against Indigenous Women.
A long-awaited report by the Conservative Harper government (author Stella Ambler represented the Mississauga South riding) that made several recommendations, but did not call for a special national inquiry into the phenomena. Included in the report are dissenting opinions from the Liberals and New Democrats.
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Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. 2014. Missing and murdered Indigenous women in British Columbia, Canada.
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Rhoad, Meghan. 2013. Those who take us away: abusive policing and failures in protection of indigenous women and girls in Northern British Columbia, Canada. New York, N.Y.: Human Rights Watch.
The author surmises the failure of Crown authorities to cut the high rate of violence on Native Canadian women, especially along the Highway of Tears, is a symptom of a larger dysfunction between Native communities and provincial and federal police. If women aren't ignored by police during domestic and external violent assaults, they are treated with an unwarranted asymmetrical hostility. The report lists Canada's obligations under international law in relation to protect Native Canadian women.
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Sisters In Spirit. 2010. What Their Stories Tell Us: Research findings from the Sisters In Spirit initiative. Akwesasne, ON.: Native Women’s Association of Canada.
A report by the Native Women’s Association of Canada that gathered information the disappearance or death of 582 Native Canadian Women. Some disturbing statistics from their investigation: half the murders were unsolved and the high majority of women disappeared or were murdered in an urban area. The Harper government and the RCMP stated the numbers were high, but they could not produce authoritative figures of their own.
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Police, Royal Canadian Mounted. 2000. Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women 2015 Update to the National Operational Overview. Ottawa, ON: Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
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An update to a 2014 report addressing specifically missing and murdered Native Canadian women. Statistical clarifications made since the last report and a statement for heightened intervention in familial and spousal violence.
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Sikka, Anette. Trafficking of Aboriginal women and girls in Canada. Institute on Governance, 2009.
Systemic racism, especially within institutions such as law enforcement, has masked sexual exploitation and trafficking of Native Canadian women. Statistics depicting "runaways" or "disappeared" might actually be trafficked women, effectively hiding in plain sight.
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Sikka, Anette. Trafficking of Aboriginal women and girls in Canada. Institute on Governance, 2009.
Systemic racism, especially within institutions such as law enforcement, has masked sexual exploitation and trafficking of Native Canadian women. Statistics depicting "runaways" or "disappeared" might actually be trafficked women, effectively hiding in plain sight.
