The loss of one mother, sister, aunt, or daughter due to gender-based violence is intolerable, yet in Canada women continue to be the targets of crime based on their gender. Within the Indigenous community the number of missing and murdered women and girls is disproportionately high. According to the Native Women’s Association Canada , “Aboriginal women are almost three times more likely to be killed by a stranger than non-Aboriginal women are.” As Canadians we need to speak up and end gender-based violence. We must end the inequities within our systems and build safer communities.
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