Community efforts to address MMIWG incomplete without political action, Indigenous advocates say – CBC

June 4th, 2024

More funding is needed for programs that address the crisis and work with survivors, say advocates in London

Advocates in London, Ont., say grassroots efforts by Indigenous-led organizations have created awareness around the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG) crisis, but inaction from politicians remains a barrier to achieving true progress.
Monday marked five years since the final report of the National Inquiry into MMIWG was delivered to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in Gatineau, Que., on June 3, 2019. It concluded the MMIWG crisis amounts to a genocide.

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“Unfortunately, with the amount of time that’s passed, I haven’t seen as much of the progress that I would have expected,” said Frances Elizabeth Moore, an Anishinaabe educator and member of the Timiskaming First Nation.

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