Amnesty investigates impact of resource development on Indigenous women – CBC
November 03, 2016
Amnesty International will release a new report on Thursday on the impact of resource development projects on Indigenous women and girls.
The study looks specifically at the situation in Fort St. John, in northern B.C., and it has documented some serious risks to the lives and safety of local Indigenous women and girls.
The impact of resource development is something local activist Connie Greyeyes knows a lot about. She is a First Nations woman from the Bigstone Cree First Nation in Treaty 8 territory in Alberta who lives in Fort St. John, B.C.
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