“Increasing policing and government programs an teaching women how to be safe is not going to correct this situation. Only understanding and a commitment to telling the truth about the cruelty inflicted on our women in the name of settling this country would help change peoples’ perceptions, end their complacency, and stop the continued brutalization and dehumanization of our women.” TruthUnderstandingWomenSafetyComplacencyGovernment ProgramsDehumanizationPerceptions Book:Truth Telling: Seven Conversations about Indigenous Life in Canada Source: Truth Telling: Seven Conversations about Indigenous Life in Canada
“It took years and years for the chorus of voices demanding an inquiry into the thousands of missing and murdered Indigenous women in Canada to be successful. We heard for years that one of the factors leading to the demise of these women was the assumption that they lived high-risk lifestyles such as working in the sex trade. This was a common reason for rejecting pleas for an inquiry. Even if this were true, does it justify a failure to protect them or properly investigate their deaths?” YearsWomenMurderAdvocacyVoices Book:Truth Telling: Seven Conversations about Indigenous Life in Canada Source: Truth Telling: Seven Conversations about Indigenous Life in Canada