(Photo: Janna Pratt joins marchers on 22 July 2005 in Saskatoon to draw attention to the plight of missing Indigenous women. Troy Fleece, The Canadian Press)"According to Canadian government statistics, young Indigenous women in Canada
are at least five times more likely than all other women to die as a result of
violence.""Helen Betty Osborne was a 19-year-old Cree student from northern Manitoba. She dreamed of becoming a teacher. On November 12, 1971, four white men abducted her from the streets of The Pas. She was sexually assaulted and brutally murdered. A judge said later: "... the men who abducted Osborne believed that young Aboriginal women were objects with no human value beyond sexual gratification ... Betty Osborne would be alive today had she not been an Aboriginal woman.""
In October 2004, Amnesty International issued a report on violence against Aboriginal women in Canada.
To Help Break the Silence click here.
For six things you can do to help stop the violence against Aboriginal women click here.
For a copy of the report click here.
For the summary report, click here.
And to see the recommendations, click here.
Only 423 people have written to their MPs on this issue. Let's do better. Let's show politicians that we care enough to have ourselves heard.
Colleen
