Emma Paling
A New UN Report Urges An Inquiry Into the Cases of Over 1,200 Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women
“We pride ourselves on our human rights agenda and if that’s not a violation of human rights when women are treated differently or victimized more often, I don’t know what is.”
Canada’s Domestic Violence Courts Didn’t Work in the 90s and They Don’t Work Today
Canada's domestic violence courts are supposed to be the antidote to the way provincial courts deal with domestic abuse cases—which often lack necessary counselling and rarely result in convictions—but evidence shows that they're being underfunded and...
Why Does Canada Care More About 'Honour Killings' Than Missing Aboriginal Women?
In February, Loretta Saunders, an aboriginal woman completing her thesis on missing and murdered aboriginal women, was murdered herself. Now many aboriginal rights groups, women's rights organizations, and countries around the world are calling on the...