Aboriginal Women: Canadian Government

Protesters Dept: The ministers concluded a two-day meeting in Gatineau, Que., just as about 800 protesters took to Parliament Hill demanding action to prevent violence against aboriginal women, and to bring attention to more than 500 who have been slain or disappeared, according to CBC. "And we as parents are the ones living through this nightmare, a nightmare of not knowing what has happened to our loved ones." Women's status ministers declared solidarity with the hundreds of protesters who took to Parliament Hill on Tuesday to raise awareness about violence against aboriginal women. But the ministers won't set up a national action plan on the issue, despite repeated requests from women's groups over the years. "Our missing and murdered women and girls are suffering from neglect neglect by the Canadian government that does not recognize them," said Laurie Odjick, whose 16-year-old daughter Maisy disappeared in 2008 from her reserve near Maniwaki, Que. As reported in the news.
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