(Sean Kilpatrick/Canadian Press - image credit)Over a year into a national action plan to end violence against Indigenous women, progress is being made to implement two of the calls for justice from the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls. The announcement was made following a national roundtable with federal, provincial, territorial and Indigenous representatives on missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls and 2SLGBTQ people. Story continuesIt also called for the establishment for a national Indigenous and human rights tribunal. An oversight body, in the form of the ombudsperson, was one of the critical recommendations it said needed to be established before June 3, 2022. The Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls Crisis Line is available to provide emotional support and crisis referral services to individuals impacted by the issue of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls and 2SLGBTQQIA+ individuals.

Source: CBC News January 11, 2023 00:06 UTC