Current Problems: Government Commitments to Truth and Reconciliation

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Updates on this page: 2 (Filtered by Indigenous Group "First Nations")
 

November 4, 2024


UN committee calls on Canada to eliminate Indian Act’s 2nd generation cut-off

‘It’s good to have this UN light shown on Canada,’ says Heiltsuk Elected Chief Marilyn Slett  CBC Indigenous: Despite amendments to the Indian Act, gender-based discrimination against First Nations women and girls continues in Canada, according to the conclusions of a United Nations committee. The UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women issued the findings...

October 31, 2024


Joint Press Release: CEDAW Committee Urges Canada to Take Immediate Action and End Discrimination Against Indigenous Women

NationTalk: (xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil Waututh)/ Vancouver, B.C. – October 31, 2024) Members of the Indian Act Sex Discrimination Working Group (the Working Group)[1] including the Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs, Ontario Native Women’s Association, the Feminist Alliance for International Action, Quebec Native Women and leading plaintiffs in the court and UN petitions that...

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