Taiwan / Afghanistan / Canada / Australia / China / India / / /
Event
Product Issues / /
Facility
Highway of Tears / /
IndustryTerm
assistive devices / telephone access / law reform / media reports / social services / rape law reform / law enforcement / Internet present women / /
Organization
Missing Women Commission of Inquiry / World Health Organization / Commission of the Status of Women / state government / Idle No More / United Nations Security Council / Canadian government / Government of British Columbia / UN Commission on the Status of Women / Canadian Forces Military Police / federal government / United Nations / House of Commons Standing Committee on the Status of Women / Native Women’s Association of Canada / Human Rights Watch / /
Person
Selma Kouidri / Lois Edge / Caroline Paquette / Linda Christiansen-Ruffman / Ann Denis / Colette Parent / Marion Pollack / Chantal Lunardi / Sarah Baker / Roselyn Minka / Melanie Large / Lina Singh / Marilyn Porter / Deborah Stienstra / Abby Lippman / Emily Colpitts / Holly Johnson / Jessica St. Pierre Administrative / / /
Position
General / /
Product
political and public indifference.12 women / police practices / girls / /
ProvinceOrState
Quebec / British Columbia / Victoria / Ontario / /
FACT SHEET VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN IN CANADA Widespread gendered violence perpetrated against women is a flagrant abuse of women’s human rights. According to the ‘draft agreed conclusions’ of the 57th session of the