Canadian aboriginal women overrepresented as homicide victims, most often at the hands of their own families and communities
- Despite representing only 4.3% of the population, aboriginal women represent 16% of female homicide victims nationwide.
- The Royal Canadian Mounted Police has identified the need to develop new crime prevention strategies in the aboriginal community, which suffers from high levels of poverty, family breakdown, lower life expectancy, and other security-sceptic phenomena.
- In addition to the 1,017 murdered between 1980 and 2012, another 108 are missing cases from the period.
“Aboriginal women continue to be overrepresented among Canada’s missing and murdered women. And while I applaud the efforts of everyone who is working to lessen violence against aboriginal women, it is clear that much work remains to be done.”
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