This year’s 16 Days of Action Against Gender Based Violence is now history, but the struggles are daily events beyond the November 25th to December 10th timeframe.
Carol McBride is President of the Native Women’s Association of Canada (NWAC), and she believes the Canadian population is now starting to “get it.”
The NWAC President says colonization’s impact is a continuing factor.
Media reports of violence against Indigenous women, girls and others are generally represented as individual to individual encounters, but that’s off the mark.
Failed foster care experiences often prompt a frying pan to the fire experience.
Carol McBride says technology may provide one possible tool.
And while this type of amber alert may help, there’s nothing like remaining alert- and keeping one’s eyes peeled.
Being President of the Native Women’s Association of Canada is also an eye-opening experience for Carol McBride, who uses the position to give voice to the ongoing struggles of her people.
By Rick Stow
