A daily war is carried out on women in the name of prosperity

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A closing ceremony marks the conclusion of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls at the Museum of History in Gatineau, Que., on June 3, 2019. The final report has a whole section on the effects of resource extraction projects and their connection to violence against women, had anyone read past the word ‘genocide,’ writes Erica Ifill. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY ERICA IFILL

December 8, 2021

OTTAWA—Monday was Dec. 6, when we remember the 14 women murdered at École Polytechnique 32 years ago. We are also well into the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence, an international movement that started on Nov. 25, the International Day for...

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