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When one hurts or kills a women
one hurts or kills hummanity and is an antrocitie.
Gino d'Artali
and: My mother (1931-1997) always said to me <Mi
figlio, non esistono notizie <vecchie> perche puoi imparare qualcosa da
qualsiasi notizia.> Translated: <My son, there is no such thing as so
called 'old' news because you can learn something from any news.>
Gianna d'Artali
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<The stench of death>
<Canada's indigenous murdered women and girls.>
Between 8 Nov 2021 and 17 Feb 2022 AL Jazeera published a serial of
articles about femicides of Canadian Indigenous women and girls of which each word is so
heartbreaking that it takes a lot of courage to read the whole serial. Still I challenge you to do so! I divided it according to the
number of articles and quoted from them ending with a read more URL. All
articles were written by Brandi Morin (1 to 9) except the two written by an Al Jazeera team:
Related:
17 Feb 2022
<<Vancouver rallies for missing, murdered Indigenous women
Indigenous women in Canada are seven times more likely than
non-Indigenous women to be murdered, advocacy group says.
People have marched through Vancouver to honour Indigenous women and
girls who were murdered or disappeared over the past decades across
Canada, and demand concrete action to address the problem. The annual
march through the city’s downtown east side – now in its 31st year – <is
an opportunity to come together to grieve the loss of our beloved
sisters, remember the women who are still missing, and to dedicate
ourselves to justice>, organisers said.
Marches and virtual events also will be held on Monday in other Canadian
cities, including Montreal, Winnipeg and Thunder Bay.
<Many Indigenous women, girls, trans and Two-Spirit people wonder if
they will be next. This can’t go on,> the organisers of a rally in
Montreal wrote on Facebook. Two-spirit is a term used by some Indigenous
people to express their gender and spiritual identity.
Indigenous communities have sounded the alarm for years over the
disproportionately high number of women and girls who have been killed
or disappeared in Canada, as well as decried systemic inaction on the
part of government and law enforcement agencies to address the issue. In
2014, the federal Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) reported (PDF)
that nearly 1,200 Indigenous women had been murdered or gone missing
between 1980 and 2012 – but advocates say the real number was likely
much higher. Amid widespread calls for accountability and action to stem
the violence, the Canadian government in 2016 launched a National
Inquiry on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls. In its final
report (PDF) in 2019, the inquiry found that the violence <amounts to a
race-based genocide of Indigenous Peoples> that especially targets
women, girls and members of the LGBTQ2S+ community. <This genocide has
been empowered by colonial structures … leading directly to the current
increased rates of violence, death, and suicide in Indigenous
populations,> it said. In a statement on Monday, Canada’s Minister of
Crown-Indigenous Relations Marc Miller said the federal government was
working through a national action plan – the Federal Pathway (PDF) – <to
end the violence and systemic racism that are at the root cause of this
issue>. <As we commemorate families and Survivors of heinous and
senseless acts of violence, it is important to reflect on what still
needs to be accomplished to prevent such acts from occurring again and
how we can better support survivors in their recovery and families and
communities in their grief,> Miller said in a statement. In last year’s
budget, Ottawa pledged $2.2bn Canadian ($1.73bn) over five years, and
$160.9m Canadian ($126.37m) ongoing to address the root causes of
violence against Indigenous women, girls and LGBTQ2S+ people. Prime
Minister Justin Trudeau in June also pledged to direct more resources to
First Nations police and address systemic racism, among other measures,
in an effort to prevent violence. But Indigenous advocates have pressed
the government to take more concrete action to address the problem – and
fully acknowledge the inquiry’s 2019 finding that a <genocide> has taken
place. <Indigenous women in Canada today are seven times more likely
than non-Indigenous women to be a victim of murder and three times more
likely to be violently or sexually assaulted,> the Native Women’s
Association of Canada (NWAC) said in a report (PDF) last year that
outlined 65 concrete steps it wants to see taken. Those steps include
funding a programme to prevent human trafficking, addressing economic
marginalisation of Indigenous women, and developing a government
compensation fund for survivors and affected families. >>
Source:
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/2/14/vancouver-rallies-for-missing-murdered-indigenous-women
Read also an article published by Al Jazeera already at 3 Jun 2021 with
this header:
<<Canada to Indigenous women: ‘Our systems have failed you’
Canadian PM Justin Trudeau promises resources to address violence
against Indigenous women, but some want concrete action.>>
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/6/3/canada-to-indigenous-women-our-systems-have-failed-you
Comment by Gino d'Artali: If or when you've read all the articles
published since 8 Nov. 2021 you must admit that mister trudeau,
justicial and police departements failed!
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