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March 8, 2021
OTTAWA – The Native Women’s Association of Canada (NWAC) is marking International Women’s Day 2021 by announcing a two-day, online, international Summit of the Americas on Violence Against Indigenous Women to held be later this month.
The event organized by NWAC, will take place on March 29 and 30 and is expected to draw hundreds of people from North and South America who have expressed their desire to put a stop to the ongoing crisis. They will share their ideas about ways to keep Indigenous women, girls, and gender-diverse people safe, and to bring perpetrators to justice.
A National Inquiry in this country found there is no way to accurately count the First Nations, Métis and Inuit lives that have been lost to what the commissioners described as “this Canadian genocide.”
But the murders and disappearances are not contained by the borders of Canada. This is a tragedy that is occurring all across the Americas, and all countries in this hemisphere must dedicate themselves to ending it.
That is why NWAC has decided to host an international forum where best practices can be discussed and international momentum to stop the killings can be generated.
“Grassroots Indigenous women and girls from across the Americas will come together with Indigenous women leaders, representatives from both the Organization of American States and the United Nations, family survivors, and corporate and government leaders to discuss the epidemic of violence against indigenous women and what needs to be done,” says Lynne Groulx, NWAC’s chief executive officer. “An outcome document will be presented to governments and UN officials.”
The event will take place from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day and will feature discussions on the impacts of the violence, best practices for countering it, and key lessons that have been learned.
“On International Women’s Day,” said Ms. Groulx in announcing the summit, “Indigenous women stand proudly resilient and determined to be silent no more.”
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For information, or to arrange an interview, contact:
Laurel Sallie
laurel@sparkadvocacy.ca
+1 (905) 751-6370
Pour obtenir plus d’information ou prendre des dispositions pour une interview, contacter:
Laurel Sallie
laurel@sparkadvocacy.ca
+1 (905) 751-6370
About The Native Women’s Association of Canada
The Native Women’s Association of Canada (NWAC) is a National Indigenous Organization representing the political voice of Indigenous women, girls, transgender, Two-Spirit, and gender-diverse people in Canada, inclusive of First Nations on and off reserve, status and non-status, disenfranchised, Métis and Inuit. An aggregate of Indigenous women’s organizations from across the country, NWAC was founded on the collective goal to enhance, promote and foster the social, economic, cultural and political well-being of Indigenous women within their respective communities and Canada societies.
À propos de l'Association des femmes autochtones du Canada
L'Association des femmes autochtones du Canada (AFAC) est une organisation autochtone nationale qui représente la voix politique des femmes, des filles, des transgenres, des bispirituels et des personnes de sexe différent au Canada, y compris les membres des Premières nations vivant dans les réserves et hors réserve, les Indiens inscrits et non inscrits, les personnes privées de leurs droits, les Métis et les Inuits. Regroupant des organisations de femmes autochtones de tout le pays, l'AFAC a été fondée dans le but collectif d'améliorer, de promouvoir et de favoriser le bien-être social, économique, culturel et politique des femmes autochtones au sein de leurs communautés respectives et des sociétés canadiennes.
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