Release of NWAC Action Plan “Our Calls. Our Actions NWAC’s Action Plan to End the Attack Against Indigenous Women, Girls, and Gender-Diverse People”. The Action Plan identified 65 specific recommendations across the following themes:
- Culture and Language (3)
- Health and Wellness (4)
- Human Security (20)
- International (5)
- Justice (10)
- Public Awareness (23)
The above recommendations are based on the seven “Principles for Change” advocated by the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls National Inquiry
- a focus on substantive equality and human and indigenous rights
- a decolonizing approach
- the inclusion of families and survivors
- self-determined and indigenous- led solutions and services
- recognition of distinctions (first nations, métis, and inuit)
- cultural safety
- a trauma-informed approach
The ultimate goals of this Action Plan is to:
- take concrete actions on the calls for justice
- implement holistic healing and programming, including violence intervention and prevention across canada
- reduce poverty by supporting economic independency and resiliency
- increase public education on the root causes of discrimination and violence against indigenous women, girls, and gender-diverse people
- break down colonial barriers and promote self-determination of Indigenous women.
For complete details for each of the fully costed recommendations click on the attached link:
https://www.nwac.ca/assets-knowledge-centre/NWAC-action-plan-English.pdf