How the Canadian Government Continues to Enable Violence Against Indigenous Women and Girls
Most Canadians are aware of the injustices Indigenous women and girls have faced and continue to face. However, their lack of understanding of how the Canadian Government, a supposed proud enthusiast of multiculturalism and cohabitation, deliberately neglects this community and ensures a consistent...
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Most Canadians are aware of the injustices Indigenous women and girls have faced and continue to face. However, their lack of understanding of how the Canadian Government, a supposed proud enthusiast of multiculturalism and cohabitation, deliberately neglects this community and ensures a consistent increase of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls in Canada. This research aims to demonstrate the government’s position as both a facilitator and of outreach solutions and a contributor to their deaths. In order to effectively illustrate the government’s involvement, this essay will examine the historical conditions which led to Indigenous women’s perpetual state of inequality, the methods of eradication which further perpetuate Indigenous women’s vulnerability to violence, and Indigenous solutions and methods of eradicating gendered violence. It is crucial that this topic continue to be pursued, as Indigenous women and girls are consistently dying from entirely preventable causes. Overall, the research proves that Indigenous women are not safe in the care of the Canadian government, as Canada still denies that colonialism is enacted in all spheres of government.
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| title | How the Canadian Government Continues to Enable Violence Against Indigenous Women and Girls |
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| title_short | How the Canadian Government Continues to Enable Violence Against Indigenous Women and Girls |
| title_sort | how the canadian government continues to enable violence against indigenous women and girls |
| topic | Indigenous Women MMIWG Canadian government Colonialism Gender-based violence |
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