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The urgent need to end violence against Indigenous women and girls will be a major focus next week on International Human Rights Day
The urgent need to end violence against Indigenous women and girls will be a major focus next week on International Human Rights Day
Dear Tracy
We’re pleased to announce that the call for action to end
violence and discrimination against Indigenous women and girls will be featured
in Amnesty International’s largest human rights event of the year.
Every December 10th – International Human Rights Day – Amnesty members and supporters across Canada write thousands of letters to support individuals and communities whose rights are at risk.
Find out more about the annual Write-a-thon for human rights and join us!
Every December 10th – International Human Rights Day – Amnesty members and supporters across Canada write thousands of letters to support individuals and communities whose rights are at risk.
Find out more about the annual Write-a-thon for human rights and join us!
Two special requests for your help on International Human Rights Day
1. Share the online petitionClick on our social media buttons and show your support and send the petition link to friends: www.amnesty.ca/nomorestolensisters
1. Share the online petitionClick on our social media buttons and show your support and send the petition link to friends: www.amnesty.ca/nomorestolensisters
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2. Write a letter
Join thousands of individuals who are writing letters on their own or with others at one of the 200 Write for Rights events taking place across Canada on Human Rights Day.
Even if you've already written - please write again, emphasizing that the government's reponse falls FAR short of what's needed to address this crisis.
Write a letter to Prime Minister Harper calling for a comprehensive action plan coupled with a national public inquiry into murdered and missing aboriginal women
Thank you for signing our petition to end violence against Indigenous women and girls. Please join us next week at Write for Rights and help keep up the momentum for change.
Join thousands of individuals who are writing letters on their own or with others at one of the 200 Write for Rights events taking place across Canada on Human Rights Day.
Even if you've already written - please write again, emphasizing that the government's reponse falls FAR short of what's needed to address this crisis.
Write a letter to Prime Minister Harper calling for a comprehensive action plan coupled with a national public inquiry into murdered and missing aboriginal women
Thank you for signing our petition to end violence against Indigenous women and girls. Please join us next week at Write for Rights and help keep up the momentum for change.
Inspiring leaders share their thoughts on the 10th anniversary of Amnesty's report on Stolen Sisters
Ellen Gabriel. Cindy Blackstock. Holly Jarrett.These are just some of the Indigenous activists, leaders and organizations who continue to inform and inspire our work.
To mark the 10th anniversary of our Stolen Sisters report, we featured their words in an ongoing series of conversations and interviews that helped inspire thousands to attend vigils across Canada.
Missing and murdered aboriginal women in Canada draws international attention
In
an open letter to Canadian parliamentarians, the global head of Amnesty
International, Salil Shetty, urges all political parties to support a comprehensive and coordinated national action plan to end violence against Indigenous women, as well as an independent public inquiry to identify solutions and hold government accountable.“International human rights standards require every government to take all reasonable action to prevent violence against women. Governments that fail to do so bear some of the responsibility for the harm that could otherwise have been prevented.”
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