CHANGING THE STORY OF MISSING AND MURDERED INDIGENOUS WOMEN AND GIRLS (2020)
“Beyond physical violence, Indigenous women and girls also experience violence in the form of racism, discrimination, and a lack of sovereignty over their children, self and nations, as well as through misrepresentations in literature, education, and research,” says Cora McGuire-Cyrette, the Executive Director of the Ontario Native Women’s Association (ONWA).
To begin the healing and reconciliation of the intergenerational trauma, oppression, and systemic racism the ONWA has released a detailed report called Reconciliation with Indigenous Women: Changing the Story of MMIWG (2020), which outlines the main areas of concern and 13 key recommendations based on the communities’ knowledge covering 28 systems including healthcare, child welfare, education, food/income security, homelessness/housing, employment, social services, media/social media, etc. This critical information must be integrated into the development of the National Action Plan if it is to be successful.
The recommendations aim to foster independence, resilience, and environments in which Indigenous women and girls are respected and not dehumanized. The report centers Indigenous women as leaders in solutions especially because their organizations bring critical knowledge, expertise, leadership, and community voice to the table. Currently, “grassroots Indigenous women’s organizations are severely underfunded even though they provide safe spaces where Indigenous women feel comfortable disclosing the violence they are experiencing,” says Cora McGuire-Cyrette.
Date
Publication type
Total pages
31
Countries this relates to
You might like..
yes
0
32
Persons with disabilities (PwD), and women and girls with disabilities, suffer double fold from a wide range of cross-cutting forms of disability discrimination. This leads to patterns of marginalization and exclusion with regards to their rights,…
0
5
Pursuant to General Assembly resolution 57/176, the present report provides information on the legal and policy measures introduced by Member States and on activities undertaken by entities of the United Nations system and other organizations to…
0
18
This report is submitted in accordance with Commission on Human Rights decision 2004/110. It covers the period January-December 2005. Section I outlines the Special Rapporteur’s activities during this reporting period. Section II is devoted to a…
0
61
This handbook was developed by the European Institute for Crime Prevention and Control (HEUNI) and project partners in the “Co-creating a counselling method for refugee women GBV victims” project funded by the European Union’s Rights, Equality and…
0
55
This project briefing paper lays out the current policy framework and the primary findings on young women who are in direct contact with the criminal justice system, their needs, along with the urgencies of girls transitioning into adult criminal…
yes
0
32
In Palestine, women and girls experience multiple layers of violence and discrimination and face conditions of oppression on two fronts: they live under the Israeli occupation and live within a society governed by patriarchal norms and attitudes.…
0
10
On 8 October 2004, the Chairperson of the Commission on Human Rights, pursuant to Commission decision 2004/110, appointed Ms. Sigma Huda (Bangladesh) as Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially women and children. This is her first…
0
92
Stand with girls against online abuse so girls are #FreeToBeOnline
The "Free To Be Online?" report brings together the voices and experiences of over 14,000 girls across many continents. It aims at uncovering and understanding their experiences…
0
5
Empowering girls in residential care against violence against women is a 2 year European project funded by the Daphne III Program of the European Commission lasting from January 2013 till December 2014. Empowering Care is developed, under the…
0
1
This addendum to the report of the Special Rapporteur contains, on a country by country basis, summaries of the Special Rapporteurs’ urgent appeals and other communications to governments on individual cases and general situations of concern to her…
no
0
103
In a blog Professors Brid Featherstone, Paul Bywaters and Kate Morris discuss the possible future for child protection post-pandemic. This task is particularly important in the context of the Review of Children’s Social Care, which I…
0
11
Prepared by UNFPA’s Eastern Europe and Central Asia Regional Office, this evidence brief aims to provide information on the prevalence, causes and consequences of violence against women with disabilities, and on the access to services of women with…
0
3
The briefing is based on findings from data provided by 142 local authorities in England on the number of children who are missing education, and the reason for doing so. The paper provides a brief summary of the data collected and explores some…
0
145
This report by UNICEF and End Violence Against Children aims to support the further work of UNICEF, partner organizations, researchers, experts and policymakers in preventing and responding to sexual abuse and exploitation of children, taking into…
0
112
This report by UNICEF and End Violence Against Children aims to support the further work of UNICEF, partner organizations, researchers, experts, and policymakers in preventing and responding to sexual abuse and exploitation of children, taking into…
