Invisible women : a call to action : a report on missing and murdered indigenous women in Canada : report of the Special Committee on Violence Against Indigenous Women

Ambler, Stella, 1966- (Added Author). Canada. Parliament. (author,). Canadian Electronic Library (Firm), (distributor.). Coherent Digital (Firm) (Added Author).

Summary: "The Committee met for the first time on 26 March 2013, and organized its study along three main themes: violence and its root causes, front-line assistance, and preventing violence against Aboriginal women and girls. In a rare move, the Committee also assigned special status to the native Women's Association of Canada as "expert witnesses," providing them with the opportunity to participate in all meetings of the Committee for the duration of the study and report"--

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Physical Description: 1 electronic text (viii, 85 pages).
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Publisher: [Ottawa, Ontario] : House of Commons Canada = Chambre des communes Canada, 2014.
Distributor: Ottawa, Ontario : Canadian Electronic Library, 2014.

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General Note:	"41st Parliament, Second Session". "March 2014". "The Special Committee on Violence Against Indigenous Women has the honour to present its first report"--page v. CatMonthString:january.23 Issued as part of the desLibris documents collection. Multi-User.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references.
Formatted Contents Note:	Preface -- Chapter one. Introduction. A. The Committee's approach ; B. Mandate and review process -- Chapter Two. Scope and severity of violence against Aboriginal women and girls in Canada. A. Troubling findings ; B. Disappearances and murders identified by the Native Women's Association of Canada ; C. The need to collect data on incidents of violence against Aboriginal women and girls -- Chapter Three. Root causes of violence and violence prevention. A. The legacy of residential schools ; B. Poverty and housing ; C. Racism ; D. Systems and services that are failing Aboriginal women and girls ; E. Awareness-raising, education and prevention ; F. The need to support community capacity -- Chapter Four. Protecting victims of violence and supporting victims' families. A. Challenges to protecting victims of violence ; B. Reporting acts of violence or disappearances ; C. Improving police investigations ; D. Justice system accountability and transparency ; E. Improving support to the families of victims -- Chapter Five. What needs to be done: the Committee's recommendations -- List of recommendations -- Appendix A. List of witnesses -- Appendix B. List of briefs -- Appendix C -- Request for government response -- Dissenting opinion of the New Democratic Party of Canada -- Dissenting opinion of the Liberal Party.
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Issuing Body Note:	Made available online by Canada Commons.